Subclinical hepatic encephalopathy: detection, prevalence, and relationship to nitrogen metabolism

MeSH terms

• Ammonia / blood
• Antipyrine / metabolism
• Electroencephalography
• Fatty Liver, Alcoholic / complications
• Female
• Galactose / metabolism
• Hepatic Encephalopathy* / diagnosis
• Hepatic Encephalopathy* / epidemiology
• Hepatic Encephalopathy* / metabolism
• Humans
• Liver / physiopathology
• Liver Cirrhosis / complications
• Liver Function Tests
• Male
• Neurologic Examination
• Nitrogen / metabolism
• Portacaval Shunt, Surgical