The pathogenic role of precipitating factors, well-recognized in the encephalopathy of cirrhosis, is often overlooked in ALF. Patients with acute liver failure may develop encephalopathy from the ...

Hepatic encephalopathy is a liver disease that affects the brain. Learn how a new treatment can treat the disease and prevent ...

Pathogenesis is the term that is used to ... synthesis and neurotoxicity in some patients with cirrhosis, causing hepatic encephalopathy — revealing a possible therapeutic target or predictive ...

Considering taking supplements to treat hepatic encephalopathy? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy. Follow the links to read ...

Symptoms that are sometimes diagnosed as part of dementia might actually be related to a treatable liver condition, according to a recent study. Up to 13% of patients believed to have dementia are ...

To resolve the question of a hepatic component in the metabolic encephalopathy, a provocative load of ammonium chloride was administered by mouth, and after 12 gm. had been given over a twenty ...

Background and aims The performance of neurodegenerative biomarkers-neurofilament light chain (NfL), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), tau, and ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1)-in ...

In the previous section, we analyzed paradigms that have evolved from experimental models. Clinical observations support the role of such pathophysiological mechanisms. As a consequence of the ...