Cortical blindness and hepatic encephalopathy

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 402-404

  Ammar, T ^a   Auwzinger, G ^a   Michaelides, Michel ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical blindness; Hepatic encephalopathy; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARACETAMOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TERLIPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGITIS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0042171519     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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