Management of Hepatic Encephalopathy: Focus on Antibiotic Therapy
Management of Hepatic Encephalopathy: Focus on Antibiotic Therapy
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Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG
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English
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Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG
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Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a major neuropsychiatric complication of both acute and chronic liver failure. Symptoms of HE include attention deficits, alterations of sleep patterns and muscular incoordination progressing to stupor and coma. The pathogenesis of HE is still unknown, although ammonia-induced alterations of cerebral neurotransmitter...
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Management of Hepatic Encephalopathy: Focus on Antibiotic Therapy
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_195196084
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_195196084
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3805580835,9783805580830
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0012-2823
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1421-9867
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10.1159/000089784
