Cerebral oedema and increased intracranial pressure in chronic liver disease

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9104, 1998, Pages 719-721

  Donovan, Jeremiah P ^a   Schafer, Daniel F ^a   Shaw Jr , Byers W ^a   Sorrell, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTHROMBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOPROTHROMBINEMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032492478     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)07373-X     Document Type: Article

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