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Patent Inventor Names
William Forbes0
Audrey Shaw0
Enoch Bortey0
Kunal Merchant0
Date of Patent
August 23, 2016
0Patent Application Number
139140740
Date Filed
June 10, 2013
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The application describes treatment of hepatic encephalopathy using gastrointestinal specific antibiotics. One example of a gastrointestinal specific antibiotic is rifaximin. The instant application also provides methods for determining if a subject has a neurological condition or hepatic encephalopathy by determining the critical flicker frequency and/or the venous ammonia level of the subject at two or more time points. The invention further provides methods for treating these subjects.
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