Hepatic encephalopathy - Diagnostics;Hepatische Enzephalopathie - Diagnostik

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 128, Issue 50, 2003, Pages 2654-2657

  Wettstein, M ^a   Kircheis, G ^a   Haussinger D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

AMMONIA; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; NEUROTOXINS; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0346249824     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-45476     Document Type: Article

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