Pulmonary dysfunction in non-cirrhotic patients with chronic viral hepatitis

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 311-318

  Teuber, Gerlinde ^a   Teupe, Claudius ^a   Dietrich, Christoph F ^a   Caspary, Wolfgang F ^a   Buhl, Roland ^a   Zeuzem, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Pulmonary dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS EXCHANGE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0036320009     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-6205(02)00066-3     Document Type: Article

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