Background and aims The performance of neurodegenerative biomarkers-neurofilament light chain (NfL), glial fibrillary acidic ...

When these substances enter the brain, they can cause a neurological condition called hepatic encephalopathy. Hepatic encephalopathy typically presents with confusion, lethargy, and sometimes dramatic ...

Symptoms that are sometimes diagnosed as part of dementia might actually be related to a treatable liver condition, according ...

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome due to hepatic dysfunction and porto-systemic shunting of the intestinal blood. Cirrhosis is the most frequent liver disease causing HE. On ...

uni-duesseldorf.de Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in liver cirrhosis is a clinical manifestation of a low-grade cerebral oedema, which is exacerbated in response to ammonia and other precipitating ...

Kerry Brundell Cert VN ECC, RVN, discusses liver function and clinical signs of this disease, as well as diagnosis, treatment ...

Liver disease can be fatal and is often referred to as a silent killer because it can have no symptoms until it is too late.

"Health care providers [must be] made aware of this potential overlap between dementia and hepatic encephalopathy, which is treatable," said Virginia Commonwealth University hepatologist Jasmohan ...

“One of the first side effects of declining liver function is that bile flow stalls in your biliary tract. Your liver no longer produces or delivers bile effectively to your small intestine. Instead, ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008;23(4):527-533. Furthermore, conditions such as bacterial overgrowth, coexistent small intestinal disease (inflammatory bowel disease, celiac sprue), pancreatic ...