Functional outcome following liver transplantation - A pilot study

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-248

  O'Carroll, Ronan E ^a   Turner, Fiona ^a   Flatley, Kirsty ^a   McGregor, Lesley M ^a,b   Hayes, Peter C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Driving; Functioning; Liver; Psychosocial; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONVALESCENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 41349109791     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500701403363     Document Type: Article

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