Hepatic encephalopathy in liver transplant recipients precipitated by benzodiazepines present in transfused blood

Transplantation

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 764-767

  Zeneroli, Maria L ^a   Venturini, Ivo ^a   Avallone, Rossella ^a   Farina, Franco ^a   Corsi, Lorenzo ^a   Baraldi, Claudia ^a   Ardizzone, Giorgio ^b   Centanaro, Monica ^b   Arrigo, Alessandro ^b   Baraldi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BENZODIAZEPINE; DELORAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; NORDAZEPAM; TRITIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 10144222651     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199609270-00011     Document Type: Article

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