Liver: Risk of falls in cirrhosis predicted by psychometric testing

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 197-198

  Butterworth, Roger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BALANCE DISORDER; BONE DENSITY; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FRACTURE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARKINSONISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; VISION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859439354     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2012.22     Document Type: Review

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