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Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Brain Diseases, Metabolic > Hepatic Encephalopathy
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Brain Diseases, Metabolic > Hepatic Encephalopathy
Digestive System Diseases > Liver Diseases > Hepatic Insufficiency > Liver Failure > Hepatic Encephalopathy

Terme préférentiel

Hepatic Encephalopathy  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Définition

  • A syndrome characterized by central nervous system dysfunction in association with LIVER FAILURE, including portal-systemic shunts. Clinical features include lethargy and CONFUSION (frequently progressing to COMA); ASTERIXIS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; brisk oculovestibular reflexes; decorticate and decerebrate posturing; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; and bilateral extensor plantar reflexes (see REFLEX, BABINSKI). ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY may demonstrate triphasic waves. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1117-20; Plum & Posner, Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma, 3rd ed, p222-5)

Concept générique

Synonyme(s)

  • Encephalopathy, Hepatic
  • Encephalopathy, Hepatocerebral
  • Encephalopathy, Portal-Systemic
  • Encephalopathy, Portosystemic
  • Hepatocerebral Encephalopathy
  • Portal-Systemic Encephalopathy
  • Portosystemic Encephalopathy

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JKDT98JM-3

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RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 01/01/1999, dernière modification le 05/07/2006