Persistence of cognitive impairment after resolution of overt hepatic encephalopathy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1011-1019

  Umapathy, Sridharan ^a   Dhiman, Radha K ^a   Grover, Sandeep ^a   Duseja, Ajay ^a   Chawla, Yogesh K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LACTULOSE; RIFAXIMIN;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD TURCOTTE PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OVERT HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRIC HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY SCORE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SEVERE HEPATIC IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84903906278     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2014.107     Document Type: Article

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