Patients With Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy Have Poor Insight Into Their Driving Skills

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1135-1139

  Bajaj, Jasmohan S ^a   Saeian, Kia ^b   Hafeezullah, Muhammad ^b   Hoffmann, Raymond G ^b   Hammeke, Thomas A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 52949094627     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.05.025     Document Type: Article

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