Neurological Complications of Liver Cirrhosis and Orthotopic Liver Transplant

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 789-792

  Ardizzone, G ^a   Arrigo, A ^a   Schellino, M M ^a   Stratta, C ^a   Valzan, S ^a   Skurzak, S ^a   Andruetto, P ^a   Panio, A ^a   Ballaris, M A ^a   Lavezzo, B ^a   Salizzoni, M ^b   Cerutti, E ^a  

^a Transplantation Unit   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID LIKE SUBSTANCE; AMMONIA; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE LIKE SUBSTANCE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MANGANESE; NEUROTOXIN; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CONFUSION; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFECTION; CANDIDA; CARCINOGENESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; ENTEROCOCCUS; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOMA; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RESTLESSNESS; SEIZURE; SPEECH DISORDER; TREMOR; BRAIN; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

BRAIN; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEIZURES;

EID: 33746930865     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.01.039     Document Type: Article

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