Screening for minimal hepatic encephalopathy in asymptomatic drivers with liver cirrhosis

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 58-61

  Gad, Yahia Z ^a   Zaher, Ashraf A ^a   Moussa, Nasser H ^a   El desoky, Abd Elmohsen E ^a   Al Adarosy, Hala A ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ADULT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET RESTRICTION; DRIVER; EGYPT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MINIMAL HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NUMBER CONNECTION TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEROLOGY; SMOKING; SYMBOL DIGIT TEST; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EGYPT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959240704     PISSN: 16871979     EISSN: 20902387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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