Treatment of post-shunt portal-systemic encephalopathy by embolization of the shunt
β Scribed by J. Michael Henderson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 284 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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β¦ Synopsis
Nine adult white men ranging in age from 27 to 76 (mean, 55 years) were treated for primary
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