Although the Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score (PHES) remains the gold standard in diagnosing minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE), its complexity limits its application in clinical practice. While more convenient tests, such as the Stroop test, Quickstroop, and the 1-min animal naming test (ANT-1), have emerged, they haven't been validated in our setting. Our objective was to validate these tests in our population.
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