Successful occlusion of spontaneous portosystemic shunts leading to encephalopathy in a non-cirrhotic patient by using the Amplatzer vascular plug

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1077-1081

  Park, S W ^a   Kang, H S ^a   Kim, Y J ^a   Lee, M W ^a   Roh, H G ^a  

^a Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdomen GI; Interventional radiology; Veins

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BLOOD; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY;

ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; VEINS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

AMMONIA;

ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AMMONIA; BALLOON OCCLUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36649030112     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850701545847     Document Type: Article

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