Hepatic Encephalopathy and Fitness to Drive

Gastroenterology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Kircheis, Gerald ^a   Knoche, Anja ^b   Hilger, Norbert ^c   Manhart, Frank ^a   Schnitzler, Alfons ^a   Schulze, Horst ^b   Häussinger, Dieter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Bundesanstalt fuer Strassenwesen   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE TIME; SELF EVALUATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350102897     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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