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Treatment of post-shunt portal-systemic encephalopathy by embolization of the shunt

✍ 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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✦ Synopsis


Nine adult white men ranging in age from 27 to 76 (mean, 55 years) were treated for primary


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