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Hepatic Encephalopathy

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Advances in Clinical Neuropsychology

Part of the book series: Advances in Clinical Neuropsychology ((AICN,volume 3))

Abstract

Cirrhosis of the liver ranks as the third to fifth leading cause of death in the United States (Galambos, 1979; Lieber and Leo, 1982). At autopsy, based on Victor’s (1979) seminal study of 3,548 serial postmortem cases, approximately eight percent of individuals have demonstrable neuropathological evidence of hepatic encephalopathy.

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Tarter, R.E., Edwards, K.L., Van Thiel, D.H. (1986). Hepatic Encephalopathy. In: Goldstein, G., Tarter, R.E. (eds) Advances in Clinical Neuropsychology. Advances in Clinical Neuropsychology, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2211-5_8

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