DOES LIVER DYSFUNCTION EXPLAIN NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS IN RECENTLY DETOXIFIED ALCOHOL-DEPENDENT CLIENTS? |
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Authors: | WALTON, NIGEL H. BOWDEN, STEPHEN C. |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne Parlcville, Victoria, 3052, Australia |
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Abstract: | In the search for explanation of persistent cognitive impairmentassociated with alcohol dependence, the possible role of liverdisease has aroused considerable interest. However, review ofthe relevant literature provides only ambiguous support forany general relationship between neuropsycho-logical statusand laboratory tests of liver function. We tested the generalhypothesis, and also two specific hypotheses relating particularliver function parameters ( |
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