There Are Three Major Hypotheses That Try to Explain the Impairment

question 25

Multiple Choice

There are three major hypotheses that try to explain the impairment of neurotransmission during hepatic encephalopathy: the ammonia hypothesis, the synergistic neurotoxin hypothesis, and:​

• A) ​the protein and pyramidine hypothesis.
• B) ​the amino acid transamination hypothesis.
• C) ​the detoxification hypothesis.
• D) ​the neurosteroid hypothesis.
• E) ​the false neurotransmitter hypothesis.

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