Value of Critical Flicker Frequency and psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score in diagnosis of low-grade hepatic encephalopathy

Gastroenterology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Kircheis, Gerald ^a   Hilger, Norbert ^b   Häussinger, Dieter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced Liver Disease; Cognitive Function; MHE; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOW GRADE HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRIC HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY SCORE; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADVANCED LIVER DISEASE; COGNITIVE FUNCTION; MHE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84896447492     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.12.026     Document Type: Article

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