Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy Impairs Fitness to Drive

Hepatology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 739-745

  Wein, Christian ^a   Popp, Birthe ^b   Koch, Horst ^b   Oehler, Gerd ^b   Schauder, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Rehabilitation Center Foehrenkamp   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 1542515164     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20095     Document Type: Article

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