Magnetization transfer contrast of various regions of the brain in liver cirrhosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 652-654

  Ivvasa, Motoh ^a,c   Kinosada, Yasutomi ^b   Nakatsuka, Atsuhiro ^c   Watanabe, Shozo ^c   Adachi, Yukihiko ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUTAMEN; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; PUTAMEN; THALAMIC NUCLEI; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033366776     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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