A cerebral intoxication, which Sherlock and her co-workers 1 have termed portal–systemic encephalopathy, has been observed in some of these cases. This phenomenon has been known since 1893 ...
Liver encephalopathy is a serious complication of liver diseases, characterized by brain function disorders resulting from liver failure or portal-systemic shunts. The main causes of liver ...
THE term "hepatic coma" is used in this report to A refer to patients with diseases of the liver or portal circulation who manifest varying degrees of encephalopathy. The term itself is confusing ...