Diagnosis of minimal hepatic encephalopathy: Still a challenge

Gut

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1394-

  Ferenci, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INHIBITORY CONTROL TEST; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MINIMAL HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRIC HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY SCORE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPEATABLE BATTERY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS;

CIRRHOSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY;

FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 84884288590     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-304270     Document Type: Note

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