Memory impairment in patients with cirrhosis

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-216

  Bahceci, Funda ^a,b   Yildirim, Bulent ^a,b   Karincaoglu, Melih ^a,b   Dogan, Ibrahim ^a,b   Sipahi, Birsen ^a,b  

^a Division of Gastroenterology ^*

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Memory; Psychometric tests; Subclinical hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 13444263348     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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