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Extrahepatic portosystemic shunts as an unusual but treatable cause of hyperammonemic encephalopathy in a noncirrhotic patient – a case report

We report a case of hyperammonemic encephalopathy due to extrahepatic portosystemic shunts in a noncirrhotic patient. A 79-year-old woman suffered from episodic confusion, disorientation, dysphasia and fluctuating level of consciousness. Electroencephalography (EEG) showed encephalopathic changes an...

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Autores principales: Kühne Escolà, Jordi, Theysohn, Jens M., Li, Yan, Forsting, Michael, Capetian, Philipp, Volkmann, Jens, Lange, Christian, Quesada, Carlos M., Köhrmann, Martin, Frank, Benedikt, Kleinschnitz, Christoph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9109486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35586833
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17562864221097614

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