Hindfelt B, Holmin T
Eur Neurol. 1978;17(5):292-5. doi: 10.1159/000114961.
The influence of portal-systemic shunting on motor nerve conduction velocity (MCV) was analyzed in rats with portacaval shunts. At 3 and 8 weeks after the shunting there was a marked but transient fall in MCV. At 16 weeks the MCV had almost normalized, despite sustained portal-systemic shunting. The results favour hepatocellular failure as the more important pathophysiological mechanism in hepatic neuropathy.
