Covert hepatic encephalopathy and spontaneous portosystemic shunts increase the risk of developing overt hepatic encephalopathy.
Robin GreinertAlexander ZipprichMacarena Simón-TaleroFranz StanglChristiane LudwigAndreas WienkeMichael PraktiknjoKevin HöhneJonel TrebickaJoan GenescàCristina RipollPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2021)
cHE is independently associated to the presence of SPSS (and total cross-sectional SPSS-area) and MELD. Furthermore, the presence of SPSS seems to increase the risk of cHE of developing of overt hepatic encephalopathy.
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