Patients with autonomic neuropathy are more likely to develop hepatic encephalopathy

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1584-1588

  Maheshwari, Anurag ^a   Thomas, Anil ^a   Thuluvath, Paul J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic neuropathy; cirrhosis; hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 5044234702     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000043368.73042.b0     Document Type: Article

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