Chronic Portal-Systemic Shunt Encephalopathy in a Hemodialysis Patient Treated with Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration
We report a case of chronic portal-systemic shunt encephalopathy in a 79-year-old female hemodialysis patient with end-stage renal disease. Approximately 1 month before admission, she occasionally had a discrepant conversation. It was considered that hepatic encephalopathy was caused by an increase...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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S. Karger AG
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3636958/ |