Hepatic dysfunction and neuropsychological test performance in alcoholics with cirrhosis.
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. in Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Vol. 47 (1) , 74-77
- https://doi.org/10.15288/jsa.1986.47.74
Abstract
Fifteen alcoholic inpatients who had had a liver biopsy for medical reasons were given a series of laboratory tests and a neuropsychological test battery. Results indicated significant correlations between the biochemical measures of hepatic dysfunction and different aspects of cognitive test performance.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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