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Rare Cause of Hepatic Encephalopathy: Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Junghoon Ha and Byoung Kwan Son

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome which manifest as a various forms of cognitive, behavioral, and neurological impairment. The prevalence of HE is reported to be about 30~45% of patients with cirrhosis and when minimal hepatic encephalopathy, HE with a mild motor and cognitive dysfunction is included the prevalence increases up to 60%.