The Demise of the Pencil? New Computer-Assisted Tests for Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy

Gastroenterology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1455-1456

  Iduru, Satish ^a   Mullen, Kevin D ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 55249102376     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.09.040     Document Type: Editorial

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