Hepatic encephalopathy as a predictor of survival in patients with end-stage liver disease

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1366-1371

  Stewart, Charmaine A ^a   Malinchoc, Michael ^a   Kim, W Ray ^a   Kamath, Patrick S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATALITY; HAZARD RATIO; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35449004862     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21129     Document Type: Article

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