Effect of H pylori infection and its eradication on hyperammo-nemia and hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1914-1918

  Chen, Shu Jie ^a   Wang, Liang Jing ^b   Zhu, Qin ^a   Cai, Jian Ting ^b   Chen, Tao ^b   Si, Jian Min ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Helicobacter Pylori; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CLARITHROMYCIN; OMEPRAZOLE; TINIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; UREA BREATH TEST; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 42149124316     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.1914     Document Type: Article

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