Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with minimal hepatic encephalopathy

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 191-195

  Schulz, Christian ^a   Schütte, Kerstin ^a,b   Reisener, Nino ^a   Voss, Julia ^a   Malfertheiner, Peter ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MarienHospital Osnabruck   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFF; H.pylori; Liver cirrhosis; Minimal hepatic encephalopathy; NCT A; Subclinical hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY;

AGED; AMMONIA; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84970028726     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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