Development of quantitative neuropsychological tests for diagnosis of subclinical hepatic encephalopathy in liver cirrhosis patients and establishment of diagnostic criteria - Multicenter collaborative study in Japanese

Hepatology Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-78

  Kato, Akinobu ^a   Kato, Motoichiro ^b   Ishii, Hiromasa ^c   Ichimiya, Yosuke ^d   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^a   Kawasaki, Hironaka ^e   Yamamoto, Shin Ichiro ^f   Kumashiro, Ryukichi ^g   Yamamoto, Kyosuke ^h   Kawamura, Naohiro ⁱ   Hayashi, Naoaki ^j   Matsuzaki, Shohei ^k   Terano, Akira ^l   Okita, Kiwamu ^m   Watanabe, Akiharu ⁿ  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

ⁱ KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^j TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^l DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Computer aided test system; Liver cirrhosis; Neuropsychological tests; Subclinical encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 23644461754     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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