Portal-systemic encephalopathy from a spontaneous gastrorenal shunt diagnosed by three-dimensional computed tomography and treated effectively by percutaneous vascular embolization

Liver

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 208-212

  Kuramitsu, Tomoyuki ^a,c   Komatsu, Masafumi ^b   Matsudaira, Naoya ^a   Naganuma, Toshio ^a   Niizawa, Makoto ^a   Zeniya, Akira ^a   Yoshida, Tsukasa ^a   Toyoshima, Itaru ^b   Chiba, Mitsuro ^b   Masamune, Osamu ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Akita City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Percutaneous vascular embolization; Portal systemic encephalopathy; Three dimensional computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISORIENTATION; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 7344258307     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1998.tb00152.x     Document Type: Article

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