Patients with hepatitis C infection and normal liver function: An evaluation of cognitive function

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1054, 2013, Pages 433-439

  Abrantes, Jefferson ^a   Torres, Daniel Simplício ^a   de Mello, Carlos Eduardo Brandão ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; SODIUM ION; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEARNING; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

INFECTIOUS DISEASES; NEUROLOGY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84880362520     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-131185     Document Type: Article

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