Early symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy in patients with chronic diffuse hepatic diseases
Maev, I.V.; Nikushina, I.N.; Samsonov, A.A.; V'iuchnova, E.S.; Andreev, N.G.
Klinicheskaia Meditsina 85(8): 55-57
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2149 PMID: 17926493 Document Number: 612830
Four hundred and twenty-three patients with chronic diffuse hepatic diseases (hepatitis and viral hepatic cirrhosis) underwent complex clinico-instrumental examination; the control group consisted of 30 healthy individuals. Hepatic encephalopathy syndrome was a much more frequent finding in patients with hepatic cirrhosis. Association of chronic viral hepatic lesion with alcohol abuse increased the frequency of latent central nervous system lesions.