The hepatic symptoms of Wilson’s disease are diverse, ranging from asymptomatic or accidental liver abnormalities to ...

The findings are in line with a previous study which found ten per cent of veterans with dementia may have actually had HE caused by cirrhosis. Hepatic encephalopathy can be treated with ...

Background and Aim: Development of overt hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is associated with poor prognosis in patients with cirrhosis. Lactulose is used for the treatment of HE. There is no study on ...

It can be difficult for physicians to differentiate dementia from hepatic encephalopathy, which is the cognitive decline caused by cirrhosis. If it is undetected, patients may not receive ...

Healthy liver cells die, and are replaced with scarring called cirrhosis. As the scar tissue grows, your liver has less healthy tissue. This makes it hard for your liver to clean your blood ...

Not only is hepatic fibrosis reversible, but it is also increasingly clear that cirrhosis may be reversible as well. The exact stage at which fibrosis/cirrhosis becomes truly irreversible is not ...

All had chronic alcoholism of long duration, and 14 had unequivocal physical and biochemical evidence of hepatic cirrhosis (Table 1). Diagnosis was confirmed by autopsy or needle biopsy of the ...

Cirrhosis is a progressive disease, but with early detection and lifestyle changes, its progression can be slowed. In severe ...

Patients with cirrhosis and minimal hepatic encephalopathy often experience sleep difficulties, but treatment with benzodiazepines is frequently ineffective and can have serious side effects.

Secondary outcomes included transplant or death, a composite endpoint of complications of cirrhosis — including ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, variceal bleeding, acute kidney injury and ...

Wilson’s disease (WD) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that can be treated with medications. The lack of a single, specific diagnostic indicator leads to diagnostic difficulties, which ...