Investigation of autonomic function and orocecal transit time in patients with nonalcoholic cirrhosis and the potential influence of these factors on disease outcome

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 884-889

  Nagasako, Cristiane Kibune ^a   De Oliveira Figueiredo, Márcio Jansen ^a   De Souza Almeida, Jazon Romilson ^a   Lorena, Sônia Letícia Silva ^a   Akasaka, Helena Midori ^a   Pavan, Célia Regina ^a   Yamanaka, Ademar ^a   Pereira, Tiago Sevá ^a   Soares, Elza Cotrim ^a   Mesquita, Maria Aparecida ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Disciplina de Gastroenterologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; Encephalopathy; Nonalcoholic cirrhosis; Orocecal transit time

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATH TESTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HEART RATE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LACTULOSE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349675219     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31818de34c     Document Type: Article

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