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Term ID: | 5074 |
Name: | Hepatic Encephalopathy |
Definition: | A syndrome characterized by central nervous system dysfunction in association with LIVER FAILURE, including portal-systemic shunts. Clinical features include lethargy and CONFUSION (frequently progressing to COMA); ASTERIXIS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; brisk oculovestibular reflexes; decorticate and decerebrate posturing; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; and bilateral extensor plantar reflexes (see REFLEX, BABINSKI). ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY may demonstrate triphasic waves. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1117-20; Plum & Posner, Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma, 3rd ed, p222-5) |
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ParentIDs: | MESH:D001928|MESH:D017093 |
TreeNumbers: | C06.552.308.500.356 |C10.228.140.163.360 |C18.452.132.360 |
Synonyms: | Coma, Hepatic |Comas, Hepatic |Encephalopathies, Hepatic |Encephalopathies, Hepatocerebral |Encephalopathies, Portal-Systemic |Encephalopathies, Portosystemic |Encephalopathy, Hepatic |Encephalopathy, Hepatocerebral |Encephalopathy, Portal Systemic |Encephalopath |
Slim Mappings: | Digestive system disease|Metabolic disease|Nervous system disease |
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MedGen: D006501
MeSH: D006501
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Genes: | Phenotypes | | Disease Causing ClinVar Variants | |
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