Neuropsychological aspects of portal-systemic encephalopathy

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 361-377

  Schomerus, H ^a,b   Hamster, W ^a  

^a Diakoniekrankenhaus Rotenburg   (Germany)

^b Diakoniekrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Liver cirrhosis; Portal systemic encephalopathy; Psychometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0032440633     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020645110880     Document Type: Conference Paper

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