Hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease: A clinical manifestation of astrocyte swelling and low-grade cerebral edema?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1035-1038

  Häussinger, Dieter ^a   Kircheis, Gerald ^b   Fischer, Richard ^b   Schliess, Freimut ^b   Dahl, Stephan Vom ^b  

^a Klin F Gastroenterol   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; CELL SWELLING; CELL VOLUME; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0343238857     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)80110-5     Document Type: Review

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