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Encephalopathy (cont.)

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encephalopathy, hepatic encephalopathy, anoxic encephalopathy, metabolic encephalopathy, toxic metabolic encephalopathy, static encephalopathy, ischemic encephalopathy, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, liver encephalopathy, encephalopathy in the brain, hypotonia encephalopathy, uremic encephalopathy, alcoholic encephalopathy, infectious encephalopathy, hypertensive encephalopathy

Author and Editor

Author: Benjamin C. Wedro, MD, FAAEM, FACEP

Editor: Charles P. Davis, MD, PhD

REFERENCE:

"Encephalopathy." National Institutes of Health.


Last Editorial Review: 8/24/2012

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