Neuropsychological abnormalities in cirrhosis include learning impairment

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 104-110

  Ortiz, María ^a   Córdoba, Juan ^a   Jacas, Carlos ^a   Flavià, Montserrat ^a   Esteban, Rafael ^a   Guardia, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver transplantation; Memory; Neuropsychological tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 28844463465     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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