Effect of oral garlic on arterial oxygen pressure in children with hepatopulmonary syndrome

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2427-2431

  Sani, Mehri Najafi ^a   Kianifar, Hamid Reza ^b   Kianee, Abdolrazagh ^a   Khatami, Gholamreza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arterial oxygen pressure; Garlic; Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OXYGENATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POWDER; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33646438398     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i15.2427     Document Type: Article

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