Subclinical hepatic encephalopathy predicts the development of overt hepatic encephalopathy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2718-2723

  Romero Gómez, Manuel ^a,b   Boza, Fernando ^a,b   García Valdecasas, Maria Sierra ^b   García, Emilio ^b   Aguilar Reina, José ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; UREA; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034821089     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02692-2     Document Type: Article

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