What Is Driving the Legal Interest in Hepatic Encephalopathy?

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-98

  Bajaj, Jasmohan S ^a   Stein, Anthony C ^b   Dubinsky, Richard M ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEMENTIA; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; POLYPHARMACY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STROKE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION DISORDERS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751699870     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2010.10.031     Document Type: Editorial

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