Low grade cerebral edema and the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis

Hepatology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1187-1190

  Häussinger, Dieter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL SWELLING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN EDEMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33745548101     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21235     Document Type: Editorial

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