Electroencephalography in patients with cirrhosis

Gastroenterology

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1680-1689.e2

  Marchetti, Piergiorgio ^a   D'Avanzo, Costanza ^b   Orsato, Raffaele ^c   Montagnese, Sara ^b   Schiff, Sami ^b   Kaplan, Peter W ^d   Piccione, Francesco ^e   Merkel, Carlo ^b   Gatta, Angelo ^b   Sparacino, Giovanni ^b   Toffolo, Gianna Maria ^b   Amodio, Piero ^b  

^a Hospital of Adria   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Research Unit   (Italy)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Frequency Analysis; Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy; Nervous System; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DISACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SURVIVAL; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 80054872633     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.06.085     Document Type: Article

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