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The correlation between sarcopaenia and post-transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt hepatic encephalopathy: a single-institution review

INTRODUCTION: Sarcopaenia, or muscle wasting, can be used to objectively quantify malnutrition in cirrhotic patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this retrospective study, a list of all patients who underwent transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure at Westchester Medical Centre f...

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Autores principales: Farkas, Zahava C., Rashid, Tariq, Chen, Ying Sharon, Siddiqui, Tausif Mohamed, Yandrapalli, Srikanth, Frager, Shalom, Aronow, Wilbert S., Bodin, Roxana, Maddineni, Shekher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6554751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31211275
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/amsad.2019.85380