A patients' and caregivers' perspective on hepatic encephalopathy

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 567-572

  Montagnese, S ^a   Amato, E ^a   Schiff, S ^a   Facchini, S ^a   Angeli, P ^a   Gatta, A ^a   Amodio, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Compliance; Education; Hepatic encephalopathy; Information

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84871409368     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-012-9325-7     Document Type: Article

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