Long-Term Evaluation of Cognitive Function and Cerebral Metabolism in Liver Transplanted Patients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1295-1296

  Senzolo, M ^a   Pizzolato, G ^a   Ferronato, C ^a   Chierichetti, F ^a   Boccagni, P ^a   Dam, M ^a   Burra, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 65549151643     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.03.087     Document Type: Article

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