Muscle depletion increases the risk of overt and minimal hepatic encephalopathy: results of a prospe...
Muscle depletion increases the risk of overt and minimal hepatic encephalopathy: results of a prospective study
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Boston: Springer US
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English
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Muscle depletion is frequently encountered in cirrhotic patients. As muscle may represents an alternative site of ammonia detoxification in liver diseases, our study was aimed at investigating whether a decrease in muscle mass or function may independently influence the prevalence of neurocognitive alterations in cirrhosis. Three-hundred consecutiv...
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Muscle depletion increases the risk of overt and minimal hepatic encephalopathy: results of a prospective study
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1356931909
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1356931909
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0885-7490
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1573-7365
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10.1007/s11011-012-9365-z
