Minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1406-1412

  Sharma, Praveen ^a   Sharma, Barjesh C ^a   Puri, Vinod ^a   Sarin, Shiv K ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHUNTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 44949154268     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01830.x     Document Type: Article

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