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Cortical blindness induced by hepatic encephalopathy: case report and review of published case reports

CASE: Cortical blindness induced by hepatic encephalopathy is an extremely rare complication and its epidemiology has not been studied in great detail. We report a 63‐year‐old man with liver cirrhosis who developed sudden bilateral visual impairment. OUTCOME: On arrival at hospital, the patient had...

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Autores principales: Cheng‐Tagome, Shaohua, Yamamoto, Akitaka, Suzuki, Kei, Katayama, Naoyuki, Imai, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5667294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29123845
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ams2.225