Diagnosis of sub-clinical hepatic encephalopathy by Neuropsychological Tests (NP-tests)

Hepatology Research

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Kato, Akinobu ^a   Watanabe, Yuki ^b   Sawara, Kei ^b   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a Morioka Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver cirrhosis; Quantitative neuropsychological function test; Sub clinical hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 58049126711     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2008.00437.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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