Hepatic encephalopathy: an enigma from patient to enzyme and back
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Hepatic encephalopathy: An updated approach from pathogenesis to treatment
One of the most serious complications of chronic or fulminant liver failure is hepatic encephalopathy (HE), associated most commonly with cirrhosis. In the presence of chronic liver disease, HE is a sign of decompensation, while in fulminant liver failure its development represents a worrying sign and usually indicates that transplantation will be required. Despite the significance of HE in the...
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Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a reversible syndrome of impaired brain function occurring in patients with advanced liver diseases. The precise pathophysiology of HE is still under discussion; the leading hypothesis focus on the role of neurotoxins, impaired neurotransmission due to metabolic changes in liver failure, changes in brain energy metabolism, systemic inflammatory response and altera...
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عنوان ژورنال: Metabolic Brain Disease
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0885-7490,1573-7365
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-013-9387-1