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Lights and Shadows on Hepatic Encephalopathy Diagnosis

2020-11-02

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Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a form of brain dysfunction that is specifically caused by liver insufficiency and/or portal-systemic shunt. The exact nature of HE is debated, so that conflicting uses of the term HE may cause inconsistencies in its detection and, in turn, issues with its management. This review highlights the meaning of the term HE on the basis of both its historical origins and current consensus....

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Literature Corpus work: ec754918-cfd8-5359-a82c-c708d426ba00
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202011.0011.v1

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