Reversibility of hepatorenal syndrome in an anuric patient with Child C cirrhosis requiring haemodialysis for 7 weeks

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1063-1065

  Eckardt, Kai Uwe ^a   Frei, Ulrich ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Dialysis; Hepatorenal syndrome; Liver failure; Renal failure; Renal replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

ORNIPRESSIN; PRO 8;

ADULT; ANURIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034086401     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.7.1063     Document Type: Article

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