Reversal of hepatic myelopathy after liver transplantation: Fifteen plus one

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1336-1337

  Baccarani, Umberto ^a   Zola, Erika ^b   Adani, Gian Luigi ^a   Cavalletti, Matteo ^c   Schiff, Sami ^c   Cagnin, Annachiara ^c   Poci, Carlo ^c   Merkel, Carlo ^c   Amodio, Piero ^c   Montagnese, Sara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CARNITINE; DISACCHARIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAXIMIN;

ADULT; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HEPATIC COMA; HEPATIC MYELOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION;

HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78349258235     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22149     Document Type: Letter

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