| Literature DB >> 8082679 |
G Mendoza1, J Marti-Fàbregas, J Kulisevsky, A Escartín.
Abstract
Myelopathy is a rare complication of chronic liver disease associated with extensive portal-systemic shunt of blood. Its main clinical feature is a spastic paraparesis without sensory or sphincteric impairment. We describe 3 patients who presented hepatic myelopathy following the performance of a portacaval shunt.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID： 8082679 DOI： 10.1159/000117040
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Neurol ISSN： 0014-3022 Impact factor: 1.710