Simple tools for complex syndromes: A three-level difficulty test for hepatic encephalopathy

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 957-960

  Montagnese, Sara ^a   Schiff, Sami ^a   Turco, Matteo ^a   Bonato, Carlo Alberto ^a,b   Ridola, Lorenzo ^c   Gatta, Angelo ^a   Nousbaum, Jean Baptiste ^b   Riggio, Oliviero ^c   Merkel, Carlo ^a   Amodio, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Brest University Hospital La Cavale Blanche   (France)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Computerised psychometry; Hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RIFAXIMIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84867032330     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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