Psychometric tests for diagnosing minimal hepatic encephalopathy

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-229

  Weissenborn, Karin ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous reaction time test; Critical flicker frequency; Diagnosis; Inhibitory control test; Minimal hepatic encephalopathy; PHES; RBANS

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMETRIC HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY SCORE; PSYCHOMETRY; RESPONSE TIME; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

FLICKER FUSION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84878010678     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-012-9336-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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