Positron emission tomography in the study of hepatic encephalopathy

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 431-435

  Lockwood, Alan H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission computed hepatic encephalopathy; Neuropsychological tests; Tomography

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUCOSE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AMMONIA FORMATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC RATE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMMONIA; BENZODIAZEPINES; BRAIN; GLUCOSE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0036981367     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021978422783     Document Type: Conference Paper

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