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Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a serious neuropsychiatry complication of acute or chronic liver failure. It is characterized by cognitive and motor disturbances and may progress to hepatic coma. The pathophysiology of HE in chronic liver failure is not well understood.
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Lozeva-Thomas, V. et al. (2003). Concomitant changes in melatonin metabolism and in hypothalamic histamine in rats with a portacaval anastomosis. In: Jones, E.A., Meijer, A.J., Chamuleau, R.A.F.M. (eds) Encephalopathy and Nitrogen Metabolism in Liver Failure. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0159-5_24
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