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Keywords
Hepatic encephalopathy, liver disease, chronic liver
failure, acute liver failure, acute-on-chronic liver failure,
pathophysiology, brain, astrocyte, ammonia, oxidative stress,
glutamate, inflammation, molecular biology, biochemistry, cerebral
microdialysis, imaging.
Research Interests
Cerebral complications caused by liver disease,
specifically hepatic encephalopathy, a major neuropsychiatric
syndrome of liver failure associated with high rates of mortality
and morbidity.
Study of the pathophysiological role of ammonia, oxidative stress,
and inflammation and its effects on the brain with particular focus
on the astrocyte, a brain cell which plays a key role in the
pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy.
Development of new therapeutic strategies for patients with
hepatic encephalopathy.
Publications
Publications indexed on PubMed
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