TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Hepatic injury correlates with neuropsychologic impairment
JO  - International journal of neuroscience
A1  - Tarter, R. E.
A1  - Sandford, S. L.
A1  - Hays, A. L.
A1  - Carra, J. P.
A1  - Van Thiel, D. H.
SP  - 75
EP  - 82
VL  - 44
IS  - 1-2
N2  - Five liver injury measures (albumin, prothrombin time, gamma globulin, indocyanine green clearance and serum ammonia) were correlated with neuropsychologic test performance in a group of 79 nonalcoholic cirrhotic patients. Employing linear regression analysis techniques revealed that these five measures, particularly albumin and prothrombin time, could explain a significant amount of the variance on neuropsychological tests. The results indicate that functional liver status, even where there is no overt evidence of hepatic encephalopathy, is related to cognitive capacity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0020-7454
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -