Neostigmine and polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution for the therapy of acute hepatic encephalopathy with liver cirrhosis and ascites

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 51, 2003, Pages 823-826

  Kiba, Takayoshi ^a   Numata, Kazushi ^a   Saito, Satoru ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatic encephalopathy; Ascites; Liver cirrhosis; Neostigmine; Polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; ELECTROLYTE; MACROGOL; NEOSTIGMINE; NIFLEC;

AGED; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; COMA; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NOSE FEEDING; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ELECTROLYTES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ETHANOL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEOSTIGMINE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 0037563226     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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