Acute fulminant hepatic failure, encephalopathy and early CT changes

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 553-557

  Thayapararajah, Sathees Waran ^a   Gulka, Irene ^a   Al Amri, Ahmed ^a   Das, Sujut ^a   Young, G Bryan ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84879376964     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100014657     Document Type: Article

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