Relationship between clock and star drawing and the degree of hepatic encephalopathy

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1031, 2011, Pages 605-611

  Edwin, Natasha ^a   Peter, John Victor ^a   John, George ^a   Eapen, C E ^a   Graham, Petra L ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONSTRUCTIVE APRAXIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTO SYSTEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY INDEX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEST HAVEN CRITERIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APRAXIAS; ART; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052045318     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.108985     Document Type: Article

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