The dietary prevention of hepatic coma i
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L. Zieve; F. J. Zieve
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Article
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1987
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The conventional animal model of human portal systemic encephalopathy is the dog with Eck fistula. Dogs fed standard dog chow after Eck fistula manifest anorexia, weight loss, hepatic atrophy and encephalopathy. This study was done to deter-