Investigating health-related quality of life, mood and neuropsychological test performance in a homogeneous cohort of Irish female hepatitis C patients

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 352-359

  Lowry, D ^a   Coughlan, B ^b   McCarthy, O ^a   Crowe, J ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

HCV; Hepatitis C; Liver disease; Neurocognitive; Neuropsychological

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IRELAND; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEMORY; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOGNITION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77949699397     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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