Testing for minimal hepatic encephalopathy in the United States: An AASLD survey [5]

Hepatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 833-834

  Bajaj, Jasmohan Singh ^a   Etemadian, Ashkan ^a   Hafeezullah, Muhammad ^a   Saeian, Kia ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; RIFAXIMIN; ZINC;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947362948     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21515     Document Type: Letter

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