High prevalence of neuropathies in patients with end-stage liver disease

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-40

  Cocito, D ^a   Maule, S ^a   Paolasso, I ^a   Castelli, L ^a   Ciaramitaro, P ^b   Poglio, F ^a   Ottobrelli, A ^a   Grimaldi, S ^a  

^a AOU San Giovanni Battista di Torino   (Italy)

^b CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axonal polyneuropathy; End stage liver disease; Hepatic polyneuropathy; Liver failure; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; SENSORY NEUROPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77953335312     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01256.x     Document Type: Article

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