Diagnosis of Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy Using Stroop EncephalApp: A Multicenter US-Based, Norm-Based Study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 78-86

  Allampati, Sanath ^a   Duarte Rojo, Andres ^b   Thacker, Leroy R ^c   Patidar, Kavish R ^d   White, Melanie B ^d   Klair, Jagpal S ^b   John, Binu ^a   Heuman, Douglas M ^d   Wade, James B ^d   Flud, Christopher ^b   O'Shea, Robert ^a   Gavis, Edith A ^d   Unser, Ariel B ^d   Bajaj, Jasmohan S ^d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Family and Community Health Nursing and Biostatistics   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRIC HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY SCORE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955394711     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2015.377     Document Type: Article

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