Factors That Affect Results of Psychometric Tests to Identify Patients With Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy
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Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score for the Diagnosis of Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in Romanian Cirrhotic Patients--partial Results.
UNLABELLED In Romania, minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is underdiagnosed and undertreated in patients with liver cirrhosis. The psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score (PHES) is recommended as the first-line tool for the diagnosis of MHE. AIM To use PHES in a group of Romanian cirrhotic patients and highlight the relationships between demographic and biological factors and tests result...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1542-3565
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.03.010