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Efficacy of long-term rifaximin treatment for hepatic encephalopathy in the Japanese

BACKGROUND: Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a complication of liver cirrhosis and can result in neuropsychological and neuromuscular dysfunctions in patients. Rifaximin, an antibiotic, has been reported to decrease the occurrence of overt HE and also improve cognitive function in studies from Europe...

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Autores principales: Nishida, Shinya, Hamada, Koichi, Nishino, Noriyuki, Fukushima, Daizo, Koyanagi, Ryota, Horikawa, Yoshinori, Shiwa, Yoshiki, Saitoh, Satoshi
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/PMC6603506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31293721
http://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v11.i6.531