Value of the apparent diffusion coefficient for quantification of low-grade hepatic encephalopathy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1413-1420

  Sugimoto, Ryosuke ^a   Iwasa, Motoh ^a   Maeda, Masayuki ^b   Urawa, Naohito ^a   Tanaka, Hideaki ^a   Fujita, Naoki ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshinao ^a   Takeda, Kan ^b   Kaito, Masahiko ^a   Takei, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOG RANK TEST; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AMMONIA; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 44949241302     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01788.x     Document Type: Article

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