The neurological manifestations of acute liver failure

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 662-671

  Shawcross, Debbie L ^a   Wendon, Julia A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Ammonia; Brain edema; Cerebral blood flow; Hepatic encephalopathy; Intracranial pressure; Neurology

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONUS; COMA; CYTOTOXICITY; DELIRIUM; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FLAPPING TREMOR; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPONATREMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL DISEASE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; THERAPEUTIC HYPERVENTILATION; TRANSFUSION;

BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RISK FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84861613042     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: 18729754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2011.10.006     Document Type: Review

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