Diet and cognition in chronic liver disease

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-179

  Kachaamy, Toufic ^a   Bajaj, Jasmohan S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic liver disease; cirrhosis; cognition; diet; hepatic encephalopathy; nutrition; probiotic; symbiotic; therapy

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; LACTOALBUMIN; LACTULOSE; MALTODEXTRIN; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAXIMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FLAPPING TREMOR; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALNUTRITION; MEAL; MINIMAL HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVERT HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; PEDIACOCCUS PENTOSECEUS; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; REVIEW; STARVATION;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALNUTRITION; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS; STARVATION;

EID: 79951683404     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e3283409c25     Document Type: Review

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