Olfactory deficits in patients affected by minimal hepatic encephalopathy: A pilot study

Chemical Senses

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-278

  Zucco, Gesualdo M ^a   Amodio, Piero ^a   Gatta, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Minimal hepatic encephalopathy; Odor identification; Odor recognition; Virus related cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEMORY; ODOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODORS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SMELL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33645220579     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjj029     Document Type: Article

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