?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Cognitive+Performance+and+Liver+Function+among+Recently+Abstinent+Alcohol+Abusers&rft.creator=O'Mahony%2C+Dr+John+F&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Neuropsychiatry&rft.description=It+has+frequently+been+suggested+that+some+of+the+enduring+subtle+cognitive+impairments+seen+in+sober+alcohol-dependent+persons+may+be+a+result+of+sub-clinical+liver+dysfunction.+Cognitive+performance+and+liver+function+among+85+recently+abstinent+alcohol-dependent+persons+were+assessed+by+means+of+a+neuropsychological+examination+and+the+GGT+test+of+liver+function.+Unlike+some+previous+studies%2C+no+relationships+were+found+between+the+two+areas+of+functioning.+It+is+argued+that+lack+of+statistical+power+did+not+account+for+the+failure+to+find+an+association+between+the+two+domains.+The+proposition+that+residual+cognitive+impairment+in+abstinent+alcoholic+persons+is+(partly)+mediated+by+earlier+liver+dysfunction+rests+on+slight+empirical+foundations+and+remains+speculative.&rft.publisher=Elsevier&rft.contributor=Miller%2C+Dr+Peter+M&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4387%2F1%2FCognitive_performance_and_liver_function_among_recently_abstinent_alcohol_abusers2005.pdf&rft.identifier=++O'Mahony%2C+Dr+John+F++(2005)+Cognitive+Performance+and+Liver+Function+among+Recently+Abstinent+Alcohol+Abusers.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4387%2F