Natural history of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 885-890

  Sharma, Praveen ^a   Sharma, Barjesh Chander ^a   Puri, Vinod ^a   Sarin, Shiv Kumar ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ADULT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65149086467     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.84     Document Type: Article

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