A STUDY OF 50 CASES OF CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF PRECIPITATING FACTORS OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER.

Dr A. Swamy, Dr B. Purushotham Rao

Abstract


OBJECTIVES:
To study the clinical profile & clinical course with progression of
disease & to analyse the precipitating factors of hepatic
encephalopathy,


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