Quantitative EEG Analysis before and after Liver Transplantation

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-40

  Reeves, Roy R ^a,b   Struve, Frederick A ^c   Burke, Randy S ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic Encephalopathy; Liver Transplantation; Quantitative EEG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 31144433840     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940603700108     Document Type: Article

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