who never had encephalopathy were enrolled. Cirrhosis was diagnosed on a clinical basis involving laboratory tests, endoscopic evidence, sonographic findings and liver histology if available.

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The performance of neurodegenerative biomarkers—neurofilament light chain (NfL), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), tau, ...

The cognitive symptoms of dementia are similar to those caused by the condition hepatic encephalopathy (HE) which is caused by liver cirrhosis. Viral infection, heavy alcohol consumption and ...

In this prospective study, 124 patients with hepatic cirrhosis were recruited. The Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score was used to diagnose MHE, and OHE development was observed during a 30 ...

The outcomes of interest included alcohol-associated hepatitis (AAH), compensated alcoholic cirrhosis, hepatic encephalopathy and variceal bleeding, which the researchers further subcategorized ...

Beta-blockers have been a standard treatment for managing portal hypertension for many years. However, they are effective in ...

This is hepatic encephalopathy (HE), and it can be devastating. A common precursor is cirrhosis, the leading cause of liver-related mortality. Although alcohol is a major contributor to cirrhosis ...