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Pathogenesis Of Hepatic Encephalopathy, Z. Reno Vlahcevic
Pathogenesis Of Hepatic Encephalopathy, Z. Reno Vlahcevic
MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly
Severe parenchymatous diseases of the liver, both acute and chronic, are frequently associated with hepatic encephalopathy. This term is preferable to that of hepatic coma, as it encompasses the whole spectrum of changes from bizarre alterations of behavior to various degrees of disturbance of consciousness, as well as protean neurologic manifestations. In many instances it is a reversible phenomenon, occurring either spontaneously or as the result of various therapeutic agents. The puzzling feature of hepatic encephalopathy is the discrepancy between dramatic clinical features and paucity of histopathological changes in the brain. The only histological changes encountered with regularity in patients …
Mechanism Of Energy Transformations In Biological Membranes, David E. Green
Mechanism Of Energy Transformations In Biological Membranes, David E. Green
MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly
One of the most fundamental problems of biology is how energy is transduced in living systems. It is a problem that has fascinated and absorbed a great many distinguished chemists, biochemists and physicists. I believe we have reached a stage in the development of our knowledge of the mechanism of energy transduction which now permits us to see the direction which leads to the final solution. It is with this development that I shall be concerned in this evening's lecture.