Usefulness of magnetic resonance spectroscopy for diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy in a patient with relapsing confusional syndrome

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2451-2455

  Cordoba, Juan ^a   Hinojosa, Carmen ^a   Sampedro, Francesc ^a   Alonso, Juli ^a   Rovira, Alex ^a   Quiroga, Sergi ^a   Esteban, Rafael ^a   Guardia, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Portosystemic shunt; Transjugular liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VENOUS PRESSURE;

BIOPSY; BRAIN; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0034765336     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012323819757     Document Type: Article

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