Detecting Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in an Endemic Country for Hepatitis B: The Role of Psychometrics and Serum IL-6

• Chia-Fen Tsai,

  Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chi-Jen Chu,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yi-Hsiang Huang,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yen-Po Wang,

  Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Pei-Yi Liu,

  Affiliation Institute of Brain Science, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Han-Chieh Lin,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Fa-Yauh Lee,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ching-Liang Lu

  * E-mail: cllu@vghtpe.gov.tw

  Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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