Molecular aspects of hepatic encephalopathy

Introduction: Liver fibrosis and its end stage, cirrhosis, is an enormous worldwide health problem. Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) or portal-systemic encephalopathy continues to be a major clinical problem of long-term cirrhosis. In this review we emphasise the molecular basis of HE and the involvement...

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Main Authors: A.L. Márquez-Aguirre, A.A. Canales-Aguirre, U. Gómez-Pinedo, F.J. Gálvez-Gastélum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2010-01-01
Series:Neurología (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2173580810700481