title: Impact of cirrhosis on the neuropsychological test performance of alcoholics.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Tarter
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Van Thiel
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Arria
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carra
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moss
mesh_terms: 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