Neuropathies in hepatitis C-related liver cirrhosis

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 554-559

  Abdelkader, Nadia Abdelaaty ^a   Zaky, Doaa Zakaria ^a   Afifi, Hossam ^b   Saad, Wessam Elsayed ^b   Shalaby, Said Ibrahim ^c   Mansour, Mohamed Awad ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chronic HCV; Cobalamin; Nerve conduction studies

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSAUTONOMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922554315     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 09750711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-014-0509-4     Document Type: Article

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