Diagnosing Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy: From the Ivory Tower to the Real World

Gastroenterology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1330-1333

  Bajaj, Jasmohan S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MINIMAL HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; MALE;

FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE;

EID: 84945587713     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.09.028     Document Type: Editorial

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