Delayed neuropsychologic dysfunction after liver transplantation for acute liver failure: A matched, case-control study

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 932-936

  Jackson, Elizabeth W ^a   Zacks, Steven ^a   Zinn, Sandra ^a   Ryan, John ^a   Johnson, Mark W ^a   Gerber, David A ^a   Andreoni, Kenneth ^a   Fair, Jeffrey H ^a   Shrestha, Roshan ^a   Fried, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CYCLOSPORIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROTHROMBIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LINGUISTICS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0036793252     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2002.35550     Document Type: Article

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