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Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2012 Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis affect hundreds of millions of patients all over the world. The majority of patients with cirrhosis will eventually develop complications related to portal hypertension. One of these recurrent and difficult to treat complications is hepatic encephalopathy.
Wissam Bleibel, Abdullah M. S. Al-Osaimi
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Annals of Clinical Biochemistry: International Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2017 This article reviews hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in companion animals. Clinical signs and categories of hepatic disease likely to cause HE are discussed. Ammonia has a key role in pathogenesis and current concepts in body ammonia metabolism are reviewed. Inflammation and manganese accumulation are also thought to be important in pathogenesis. Treatment
Bret Alvis, Amy Robertson
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Recent advances in hepatic encephalopathy [version 1; referees: 4 approved]
F1000Research, 2017 Hepatic encephalopathy describes the array of neurological alterations that occur during acute liver failure or chronic liver injury. While key players in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy, such as increases in brain ammonia, alterations in ...
Victoria Liere +2 more
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Pathogenesis of Hepatic Encephalopathy [PDF]
Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2012 Hepatic encephalopathy can be a serious complication of acute liver failure and chronic liver diseases, predominantly liver cirrhosis. Hyperammonemia plays the most important role in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy.
Irena Ciećko-Michalska +3 more
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Rifaximin in the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy
Hepatic Medicine: Evidence and Research, 2011 Maddalena Diana Iadevaia, Anna Del Prete, Claudia Cesaro, Laura Gaeta, Claudio Zulli, Carmelina LoguercioDepartment of Internistica Clinica e Sperimentale, F Magrassi e A Lanzara, Hepatogastroenterology Unit, Second University of Naples, Naples ...
Iadevaia MD +5 more
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DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 2001 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,
A T, Blei, J, Córdoba
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Minimal hepatic encephalopathy - from cirrhosis to neurological disorders [PDF]
Journal of Education, Health and SportIntroduction and aim Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is a subtle but significant brain dysfunction resulting from chronic liver damage, with symptoms that can be difficult to detect.
Jakub Jarmołowicz +5 more
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, 2023 Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a complex neurological syndrome, characteristic of patients with liver disease, that causes a wide and complex spectrum of nonspecific neurological and psychiatric manifestations, ranging from a subclinical entity such as ...
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Xenogeneic, extracorporeal liver perfusion in primates improves the ratio of branched-chain amino acids to aromatic amino acids (Fischer's ratio) [PDF]
, 1999 In fulminant hepatic failure (FHF), the development of hepatic encephalopathy is associated with grossly abnormal concentrations of plasma amino acids (PAA).
Puhl, G. +7 more
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Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 1992 Abstarct Hepatic encephalopathy occurs in a number of different species as a result of either congenital portacaval shunts or acquired liver disease. Despite intensive research, the neurochemical basis of the disorder has not been defined.
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