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Proton pump inhibitors increase the severity of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients

BACKGROUND: Liver cirrhosis is the late stage of hepatic fibrosis and is characterized by portal hypertension that can clinically lead to decompensation in the form of ascites, esophageal/gastric varices or encephalopathy. The most common sequelae associated with liver cirrhosis are neurologic and n...

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Autores principales: Fasullo, Matthew, Rau, Prashanth, Liu, Dong-Qi, Holzwanger, Erik, Mathew, Jomol P, Guilarte-Walker, Yurima, Szabo, Gyongyi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6603505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31293720
http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v11.i6.522