Specific psychiatric morbidity in liver cirrhosis in a Nigerian general hospital setting

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 436-441

  Aghanwa, Henry S ^a   Ndububa, Dennis ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (Australia)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

General hospital; Liver cirrhosis; Nigeria; Specific psychiatric morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; NIGERIA; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036863638     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(02)00206-2     Document Type: Article

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