Hepatic encephalopathy as an unusual late complication of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt insertion for non-cirrhotic portal hypertension caused by nodular regenerative hyperplasia in an HIV-positive patient on highly active antiretroviral therapy

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-72

  Ding, A ^a   Lee, A ^a   Callender, M ^a   Loughrey, M ^a   Quah, S P ^a   Dinsmore, W W ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy; HIV; Late complication; Nodular regenerative hyperplasia; TIPS

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; DIDANOSINE; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; RITONAVIR; STAVUDINE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; MALE; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC;

EID: 75149169391     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009038     Document Type: Article

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