Interplay of portal pressure, portal perfusion and hepatic arterial inflow in modulating expression of hepatic encephalopathy in patients with spontaneous or artificially created portosystemic shunts

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Mullen, Kevin D ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy nomenclature; Pathogenesis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; MODULATION; NOMENCLATURE; NON CIRRHOTIC PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS;

HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; PORTAL PRESSURE; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC;

EID: 1442314220     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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