Computer-assisted quantitative neuropsychological tests for early detection of subclinical hepatic encephalopathy in patients with liver cirrhosis

Research Communications in Biological Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 25-38

  Watanabe, Akiharu ^a   Kuwabara, Yoshihiro ^a   Okita, Hideaki ^a   Kato, Akinobu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMOTION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030664782     PISSN: 03622428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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