Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score for the detection of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in Korean patients with liver cirrhosis

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1695-1704

  Seo, Yeon Seok ^a   Yim, Sun Young ^a   Jung, Jin Yong ^a   Kim, Chang Ha ^a   Kim, Jin Dong ^a   Keum, Bora ^a   An, Hyonggin ^a   Yim, Hyung Joon ^a   Lee, Hong Sik ^a   Kim, Chang Duck ^a   Ryu, Ho Sang ^a   Um, Soon Ho ^a,b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Centre   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Encephalopathy; Neuropsychological; Normogram

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ADULT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; KOREA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRIC HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868125087     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2012.07217.x     Document Type: Article

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