Hepatic myelopathy after splenorenal shunting: Report of one case and review of the literature

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 231-233

  Yengue, Patrick ^a   Adler, Michael ^a   Bouhdid, Hassan ^a   Mavroudakis, Nicolas ^a   Gelin, Michel ^a   Bourgeois, Nadine ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Liver disease; Myelopathy; Paraparesis; Portal hypertension; Porto systemic shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPLENORENAL SHUNT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC; SPLENORENAL SHUNT, SURGICAL;

EID: 0034933946     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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