Comparison of rifaximin and lactitol in the treatment of acute hepatic encephalopathy: results of a randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, controlled clinical trial.

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Published in J Hepatol on January 01, 2003

Authors

Antoni Mas1, Juan Rodés, Lourdes Sunyer, Luís Rodrigo, Ramon Planas, Victor Vargas, Lluís Castells, Dolores Rodríguez-Martínez, Conrado Fernández-Rodríguez, Ignasi Coll, Albert Pardo, Spanish Association for the Study of the Liver Hepatic Encephalopathy Cooperative Group

Author Affiliations

1: Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. amas@medicina.ub.es

Associated clinical trials:

L-ornithine L-aspartate in Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy (HEAL) | NCT01722578

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