Clinical and neuroradiological improvement in chronic acquired hepatocerebral degeneration after branched-chain amino acid therapy

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-116

  Ueki, Y ^a   Isozaki, E ^b   Miyazaki, Y ^b   Koide, R ^b   Shimizu, T ^b   Yagi, K ^b   Hirai, S ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acid therapy; Chronic acquired hepatocerebral degeneration; Magnetic resonance imaging; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; IOFETAMINE I 123;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC ACQUIRED HEPATOCEREBRAL DEGENERATION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PARKINSONISM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036326152     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2002.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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