Clinical features and survival of cirrhotic patients with subclinical cognitive alterations detected by the number connection test and computerized psychometric tests

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1662-1667

  Amodio, P ^a   Del Piccolo, F ^a   Marchetti, P ^a   Angeli, P ^a   Iemmolo, R ^a   Caregaro, L ^a   Merkel, C ^a   Gerunda, G ^a   Gatta, A ^a  

^a Clinica Medica V   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; COGNITION; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SURVIVAL; TIME;

COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032587096     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290619     Document Type: Article

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