Reversibility of hyperintense globus pallidus on T1-weighted MRI following surgery for a portosystemic shunt in an 8-year-old girl

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 449-450

  Ikeda, Shinji ^a   Sera, Yoshihisa ^a   Yoshida, Mituhiro ^a   Ohshiro, Hajime ^a   Uchino, Shinichiro ^a   Seguchi, Sasa ^a   Endo, Fumio ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; JAPAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AMMONIA; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIGATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL; REOPERATION;

EID: 0033065649     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050614     Document Type: Article

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