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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 307 |
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| Minimum hepatic encephalopathy |
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Sourabh Aggarwal
University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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| Date of Web Publication | 24-Sep-2010 |
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How to cite this article:
Aggarwal S. Minimum hepatic encephalopathy. Saudi J Gastroenterol 2010;16:307 |
Sir,
I read the article 'Predictors of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis' by Sharma et al. with interest. [1] The authors have conducted an interesting study, but a few points need to be highlighted. Studies done in the past have also shown the correlation between EEG (electroencephalography) and psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score in up to 73% of the cases and can be used as a non-invasive modality to diagnose cases of minimum hepatic encephalopathy in settings where it is possible. [2]
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| 1. | Sharma P, Sharma BC. Predictors of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis. Saudi J Gastroenterol 2010;16:181-7.  [PUBMED]  |
| 2. | Amodio P, Campagna F, Olianas S, Iannizzi P, Mapelli D, Penzo M, et al. Detection of minimal hepatic encephalopathy: Normalization and optimization of the psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score. A neuropsychological and quantified EEG study. J Hepatol 2008;49:346-53. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT] |
Correspondence Address:
Sourabh Aggarwal
University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.70628
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