Prevalence and prognostic value of quantified electroencephalogram (EEG) alterations in cirrhotic patients

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-45

  Amodio, Piero ^a   Del Piccolo, Franco ^a   Pettenò, Elena ^a   Mapelli, Daniela ^a   Angeli, Paolo ^a   Iemmolo, Rosamaria ^a   Muraca, Maurizio ^a   Musto, Carmine ^a   Gerunda, Giorgio ^a   Rizzo, Cristiano ^b   Merkel, Carlo ^a   Gatta, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Micromed Research Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Electroencephalogram; Hepatic encephalopathy; Spectral electroencephalogram analysis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034933478     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(01)00129-5     Document Type: Article

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