Brain MR imaging in patients with hepatic cirrhosis: Relationship between high intensity signal in basal ganglia on T1-weighted images and elemental concentrations in brain

Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 546-550

  Maeda, H ^a   Sato, M ^a   Yoshikawa, A ^a   Kimura, M ^a   Sonomura, T ^a   Terada, M ^a   Kishi, K ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Brain magnetic resonance imaging; Cirrhosis, hepatic; Manganese

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; DECIDUALIZATION; GLIA CELL; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; WHITE MATTER;

BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; COPPER; FRONTAL LOBE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANGANESE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PUTAMEN; REFERENCE VALUES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0030853431     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050464     Document Type: Article

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