Cirrhosis, Hepatic Encephalopathy, and Ammonium Toxicity

Explores some hypotheses regarding the molecular basis of the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy, a major cause of death in the Orient, focusing on the disruptive effects of too much ammonia on a wide range of biological processes, and how those may impact the liver. Other possibilities are also considered. Five of the 17 papers deal with the clinical treatment of the disease. The symposium was in Valencia, Spain, in November 1989.