New findings on cerebral ammonia uptake in HE using functional 13N-ammonia PET

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 277-284

  Sørensen, Michael ^a   Keiding, Susanne ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Blood brain barrier; Brain imaging; Cerebral blood flow; Hepatic encephalopathy; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA N 13; GLUTAMINE N 13; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLITE; PERMEABILITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AMMONIA; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 35448997403     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-007-9066-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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