Pattern approach to MR imaging in patients with end-stage hepatic failure: A proposal for a new disease entity "hepatic encephalopathy continuum"

Neuroradiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 683-691

  Kim, Ho Kyun ^a   Lee, Hui Joong ^b   Lee, Wonho ^b   Kim, Yong Sun ^b   Jang, Han Won ^c   Byun, Kyung Hwan ^d  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fulminant hepatic failure; Hepatic encephalopathy; Magnetic resonance image

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN STEM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSENCEPHALON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 48349117496     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-008-0395-5     Document Type: Article

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