Clinical features in liver cirrhosis patients who have experienced ischemic stroke.

CONCLUSION: Our results show that a comparatively high frequency of ischemic stroke occurs in patients with alcohol-induced liver cirrhosis and in patients with a less compromised liver function. In addition, it was found that most patients possessed at least one risk factor of ischemic stroke. PMID: 25599784 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25599784?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology - December 1, 2014 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Kim KM, Hwang JW, Shim SG Tags: Turk J Gastroenterol Source Type: research