Infection and systemic inflammation, not ammonia, are associated with Grade 3/4 hepatic encephalopathy, but not mortality in cirrhosis
- 1 December 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Hepatology
- Vol. 54 (4), 640-649
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2010.07.045
Abstract
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- Higher Education Funding Council
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