Muscle alterations (myosteatosis and sarcopenia) are frequent in cirrhosis and related to some complications included overt hepatic encephalopathy. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between muscle alterations and minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) and their role on the risk of overt HE.

Nardelli, S., Lattanzi, B., Merli, M., Farcomeni, A., Gioia, S., Ridola, L., et al. (2019). Muscle alterations are associated with minimal and overt hepatic encephalopathy in patients with liver cirrhosis. HEPATOLOGY(70), 1704-1713 [10.1002/hep.30692].

Muscle alterations are associated with minimal and overt hepatic encephalopathy in patients with liver cirrhosis

Farcomeni, Alessio;
2019-01-01

Abstract

Muscle alterations (myosteatosis and sarcopenia) are frequent in cirrhosis and related to some complications included overt hepatic encephalopathy. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between muscle alterations and minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) and their role on the risk of overt HE.
2019
Pubblicato
Rilevanza internazionale
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Esperti anonimi
Settore SECS-S/01 - STATISTICA
English
ammonia; hepatic encephalopathy; myosteatosis; psychometric evaluation; sarcopenia
Nardelli, S., Lattanzi, B., Merli, M., Farcomeni, A., Gioia, S., Ridola, L., et al. (2019). Muscle alterations are associated with minimal and overt hepatic encephalopathy in patients with liver cirrhosis. HEPATOLOGY(70), 1704-1713 [10.1002/hep.30692].
Nardelli, S; Lattanzi, B; Merli, M; Farcomeni, A; Gioia, S; Ridola, L; Riggio, O
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