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• A risk score to predict the development of hepatic encephalopathy in a population-based cohort of patients with cirrhosis.

  Tapper EB, Parikh ND, Sengupta N, Mellinger J, Ratz D, Lok AS, Su GL. Tapper EB, et al. Hepatology. 2018 Oct;68(4):1498-1507. doi: 10.1002/hep.29628. Epub 2018 May 14. Hepatology. 2018. PMID: 29091289
• Prediction of hepatic encephalopathy: Why disregard well-known risk factors?

  Ridola L, Riggio O. Ridola L, et al. Hepatology. 2018 Apr;67(4):1637. doi: 10.1002/hep.29808. Epub 2018 Mar 2. Hepatology. 2018. PMID: 29377250 No abstract available.