Is there any medical therapeutic option in hepatopulmonary syndrome? A case report

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-128

  Akyüz, Filiz ^a,c   Kaymakoǧlu, Sabahattin ^a   Demir, Kadir ^a   Aksoy, Nevzat ^a   Adalet, Isik ^b   Ökten, Atilla ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Garlic; Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Lamivudine

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GARLIC; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17144420554     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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