New assessment of hepatic encephalopathy

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1030-1040

  Córdoba, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Diagnostic methods; Hepatic encephalopathy; Magnetic resonance; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINASE;

BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY STAGING SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DRUG RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONSULTATION; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY SCALING ALGORITHM; HUMAN; INHIBITORY CONTROL TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRIC HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY SCORE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPEATABLE BATTERY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS; REVIEW; SCAN TEST; SCREENING; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; WHITE MATTER;

COGNITION DISORDERS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 79954832002     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.11.015     Document Type: Review

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