Efficacy of probiotics in the treatment of minimal hepatic encephalopathy: A metaanalysis

World Chinese Journal of Digestology

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2587-2592

  Tang, Shao Hui ^a   Wang, Kuang Jing ^a   Wu, Xiao Juan ^a   Zhang, Man Man ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Minimal hepatic encephalopathy; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013833424     PISSN: 10093079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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