Nerve conduction study on patients with severe liver syndrome and its change after transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 430-432

  Lee, Jung H ^a   Jung, Woo J ^a   Choi, Kyoung H ^a   Chun, Min H ^a   Ha, Sang B ^a   Lee, Seung K ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Neural conduction; Peripheral neuropathies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0036905473     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0012.2002.02063.x     Document Type: Article

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