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Hepatic encephalopathy: a neurochemical, neuroanatomical, and neuropsychological study. [PDF]

, 2006
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is normally diagnosed by neuropsychological (NP) tests, which are not very specific and do not reveal the underlying pathology.
Binesh, Nader, Bugbee, Mary, Davanzo, Pablo, Fawzy, Fawzy, Guze, Barry, Han, Steven, Huda, Amir, Martin, Paul, Rasgon, Natalie, Sayre, James, Thomas, M Albert, Wyckoff, Nathaniel   +11 more
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Development of a New Index to Distinguish Hepatic Encephalopathy through Automated Quantification of Globus Pallidal Signal Intensity Using MRI

Diagnostics, 2022
Hyperintensities within the bilateral globus pallidus on T1-weighted magnetic resonance images were present in some liver cirrhosis patients with hepatic encephalopathy. The symptoms of covert hepatic encephalopathy are similar to those of mild dementia.
Yasuyuki Tamai, Motoh Iwasa, Yuichi Yoshida, Jun Nomoto, Takahiro Kato, Hiroe Asuke, Akiko Eguchi, Yoshiyuki Takei, Hayato Nakagawa   +8 more
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Impact of Hepatic Encephalopathy on Clinical Characteristics and Adverse Outcomes in Prospective and Multicenter Cohorts of Patients With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Diseases

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Importance: Hepatic encephalopathy is a severe complication, and its contribution to clinical adverse outcomes in patients with acute-on-chronic liver diseases from the East is unclear.Objective: We aimed to investigate the impact of hepatic ...
Liyuan Long, Hai Li, Hai Li, Hai Li, Guohong Deng, Guohong Deng, Xianbo Wang, Xianbo Wang, Sihong Lu, Beiling Li, Zhongji Meng, Zhongji Meng, Yanhang Gao, Yanhang Gao, Zhiping Qian, Zhiping Qian, Feng Liu, Feng Liu, Feng Liu, Xiaobo Lu, Xiaobo Lu, Haotang Ren, Jia Shang, Hai Li, Shaoyang Wang, Yubao Zheng, Yubao Zheng, Huadong Yan, Huadong Yan, Shan Yin, Shan Yin, Wenting Tan, Qun Zhang, Xin Zheng, Xin Zheng, Jinjun Chen, Jinjun Chen, Sen Luo, Jinming Zhao, Wei Yuan, Tao Li, Rongjiong Zheng, Junping Liu, Xiaoxiao Liu, Wenyi Gu, Wenyi Gu, Sumeng Li, Xue Mei, Ruochan Chen, Yan Huang, Yan Huang   +50 more
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Detecting minimal hepatic encephalopathy in an endemic country for hepatitis B: the role of psychometrics and serum IL-6. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
It remains unknown what the prevalence of minimal hepatic encephalopathy is in Taiwan, a highly endemic country for chronic viral hepatitis infection. It is also unclear whether abnormal serum cytokine levels can be indicative of the presence of minimal ...
Chia-Fen Tsai, Chi-Jen Chu, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Yen-Po Wang, Pei-Yi Liu, Han-Chieh Lin, Fa-Yauh Lee, Ching-Liang Lu   +7 more
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Association Of Electroencephalogram Patterns With Ammonia Levels In Hepatic Encephalopathy Patients

Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2023
Objective: To find out the association between electroencephalogram (EEG) and hepatic encephalopathy. Methodology: This cross-sectional study included 100 patients (with the age of52.5±6.09years for males and 51.7 ± 6.10 years for females) of ...
Anam Fatima, Faridullah Shah, Hareema Saeed Khan, Kashif Rauf, Asif Jalil, Muhammad Saleem Akhter   +5 more
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Hepatic Encephalopathy Induced Transient Cortical Blindness

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2022
Hepatic encephalopathy describes a spectrum of potentially reversible neuropsychiatric abnormalities seen in a patient with severe liver dysfunction with porto-systemic shunting.
Shweta Pokhrel, Pramesh Sunder Shrestha, Rahul Pathak, Suju Bhattarai, Bipin Karki, Shachi Paudel   +5 more
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Association of Serum Ammonia Levels with Severity of Grades of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients Presenting to er of a Tertiary Care Hospital

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2022
Objective: To determine the association of serum Ammonia levels with severity of grades of hepatic encephalopathy in patients presenting to the department. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study.
Muhammad Dawood, Muhammad Nadeem Ashraf, Sonia Madad, Andaleeb Khan, Kamil Rehman Butt, Shahana Rehman   +5 more
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Portal vein hemodynamics measured by 4D flow MRI in predicting minimal hepatic encephalopathy in chronic hepatic schistosomiasis patients. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
Liu XF, Wang KY, Shi HF, Li Y, Li X.
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Rifaximin Treatment in Hepatic Encephalopathy [PDF]

, 2010
Background Hepatic encephalopathy is a chronically debilitating complication of hepatic cirrhosis. The efficacy of rifaximin, a minimally absorbed antibiotic, is well documented in the treatment of acute hepatic encephalopathy, but its efficacy for ...
Bass, Nathan M., Beavers, Kimberly, Bortey, Enoch, Forbes, William P., Frederick, Todd, Hillebrand, Donald, Huang, Shirley, Leevy, Carroll B., Merchant, Kunal, Mullen, Kevin D., Neff, Guy, Poordad, Fred, Sanyal, Arun J., Shaw, Audrey, Sheikh, Muhammad Y., Sigal, Samuel, Teperman, Lewis   +16 more
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Neuropsychiatric performance and treatment of hepatitis C with direct-acting antivirals: a prospective study [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Since direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) have been approved for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, a small series of patients with new-onset neuropsychiatric alterations have been referred to us.
Amodio, Piero, Burra, Patrizia, De Rui, Michele, Ferrarese, Alberto, Gambato, Martina, Germani, Giacomo, Montagnese, Sara, Russo, Francesco Paolo, Senzolo, Marco, Turco, Matteo, Volpato, Sofia, Zanetto, Alberto   +11 more
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