Chronic hepatic encephalopathy is associated whith high serum manganese levels and basal ganglia hyperintensities. Report of one case;Encefalopatía hepática crónica: Roi de niveles sanguíneos elevados de manganeso y su relación con lesiones en ganglios basales en la resonancia magnética nuclear de cerebro. Caso Clínico

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1051-1055

  Miranda, C Marcelo ^a,b   Caballero, E Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Hepatic encephalopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Manganese

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MANGANESE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY;

AMMONIA; BASAL GANGLIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MANGANESE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0035463498     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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