Toapanta-Yanchapaxi L, López-Velázquez JA, Uribe M, Méndez-Sánchez N

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Hepatic encephalopathy is an alteration of the central nervous system as a result of hepatic insufficiency after the exclusion of other known causes, and occurs in patients with cirrhosis, acute hepatic failure or portacaval shunts.

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