Minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-380

  Marić, Daniela ^a   Klasnja, Biljana ^a   Filipović, Danka ^b   Brkić, Snežana ^a   Ružić, Maja ^a   Bugarski, Vojislava ^a  

^a Clinical Center Vojvodina   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Electroencepha lography; Hepatic encephalopathy; Neuropsychological tests; Psychomotor disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MINIMAL HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84858730728     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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