Helicobacter pylori infection does not correlate with plasma ammonia concentration and hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 38, 2001, Pages 541-544

  Huber, M ^a   Rossle M ^a   Siegerstetter, V ^a   Ochs, A ^a   Haag, K ^a   Kist, M ^a   Blum, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cirrhosis; Helicobacter pylori; Hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOAVAILABILITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035028648     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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