Clinical neurophysiology of hepatic encephalopathy

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue S1, 2015, Pages S60-S68

  Amodio, Piero ^a   Montagnese, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; EEG; Evoked potentials; Hepatic encephalopathy; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; DELTA RHYTHM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FLASH VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEAN DOMINANT FREQUENCY; MOVEMENT RELATED VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATTERN REVERSAL VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTIFIED ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84924606909     PISSN: 09736883     EISSN: 22133453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jceh.2014.06.007     Document Type: Review

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