The associated underlying disease is used to classify hepatic encephalopathy: type A is related to acute liver injury, type B is related to portosystemic shunting, and type C is related to cirrhosis.

Encephalopathy means brain disease, disorder, or damage. The term refers to temporary or permanent conditions that affect the brain’s structure or function. The main symptom of encephalopathy is a ...

Whether hypothermic therapy improves neurodevelopmental outcomes in newborn infants with asphyxial encephalopathy is uncertain. We performed a randomized trial of infants who were less than 6 hours of ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) remains a diagnosis that can only be made during autopsy, but consensus criteria for a clinical syndrome associated with CTE that can be diagnosed during life ...