Hepatic encephalopathy
A condition in which liver failure causes symptoms ranging from confusion to coma.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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Help docs, is hepatic encephalopathy reversible if I get my ammonia levels down?
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