Driving under the Influence of Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy

Hepatology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 599-601

  Córdoba, Juan ^a,c   Lucke, Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1542724883     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20120     Document Type: Editorial

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