T1 and T2 alterations in the brains of patients with hepatic cirrhosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 333-336

  Vymazal, Josef ^a   Babis, Milan ^b   Brooks, Rodney A ^a,d   Filip, Karel ^b   Dezortova, Monika ^c   Hrncarkova, Halima ^b   Hajek, Milan ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, magnetic resonance; Liver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUTAMEN; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030067592     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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