Spectral and dynamic electroencephalogram abnormalities are correlated to psychometric test performance in hepatic encephalopathy

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 988-996

  Olesen, Søren Schou ^a   Graversen, Carina ^a   Hansen, Tine Maria ^a   Blauenfeldt, Rolf Ankerlund ^a   Hansen, Jesper Bach ^a   Steimle, Kristoffer ^a   Drewes, Asbjørn Mohr ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Continues wavelet transform; Electroencephalography; Hepatic encephalopathy; Psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; SODIUM;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELTA RHYTHM; DISEASE MARKER; DYNAMICS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRIC HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY SCORE; PSYCHOMETRY; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; THETA RHYTHM;

AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960228963     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.579160     Document Type: Article

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