Introduction to the hepatic encephalopathy scoring algorithm (HESA)

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 529-538

  Hassanein, Tarek I ^a   Hilsabeck, Robin C ^b   Perry, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Cognitive impairment; End stage liver disease; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hepatitis C; Neuropsychological assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY SCORING ALGORITHM; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLEEP PATTERN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38649124648     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9895-0     Document Type: Article

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