Normal cortical regional cerebral blood flow justifies the normal neuropsychological performance in patients with cholestatic liver disease [6]

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-210

  Senzolo, Marco ^a   Pizzolato, Gilberto ^b   Dam, Mauro ^b   Sturniolo, Giacomo Carlo ^a   Burra, Patrizia ^a,b  

^a Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN METABOLISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LETTER; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; COGNITION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33847648066     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01645.x     Document Type: Letter

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