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Previous chapters have discussed in deep the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathies. It is well recognized that portal systemic encephalopathy is a multifactorial syndrome and that, in general, in its chronic recurrent presentation or in acutely precipitated coma, the episode of encephalopathy is reversible unless the precipitating factor per se carries a high degree of mortality (i.e. massive gastrointestinal bleeding, fulminant viral infection, etc) (1).
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Uribe, M. (1990). Treatment of Portal Systemic Encephalopathy: The Old and New Treatments. In: Grisolía, S., Felipo, V., Miñana, MD. (eds) Cirrhosis, Hepatic Encephalopathy, and Ammonium Toxicity. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 272. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5826-8_16
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