Epilepsy as a risk factor for hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis: a cohort study

BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is associated with an increased mortality among cirrhosis patients, but the reasons are unknown. We aimed to determine whether epilepsy is a risk factor for developing hepatic encephalopathy (HE), which is a strong predictor of mortality. METHODS: We used data from three randomi...

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Published in:BMC Gastroenterol
Main Authors: Jepsen, Peter, Christensen, Jakob, Weissenborn, Karin, Watson, Hugh, Vilstrup, Hendrik
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4960784/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27457247
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-016-0487-3
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