Minimal hepatic encephalopathy runs a fluctuating course: Results from a three-year prospective cohort follow-up study

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-260

  Tan, Hui Hui ^a   Lee, G H ^a   Thia, K T J ^a   Ng, H S ^a   Chow, W C ^a   Lui, H F ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatic encephalopathy; Minimal hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHILD PUGH SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65949122967     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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