Impact of cirrhosis on the neuropsychological test performance of alcoholics.
Alcoholics and nonalcoholics with biopsy-proven cirrhosis were compared to each other and to a normal control group on a comprehensive battery of neuropsychological tests. No systematic differences were found between the two liver disease groups. These results indicate that a history of alcoholism does not substantially contribute to the manifest neuropsychological deficits beyond that due to a coexistent hepatic encephalopathy.
Tarter
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
Van Thiel
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Arria
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Carra
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Moss
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D000328:Adult; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology