MRI findings associated with acute liver failure

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2130-2131

  Fridman, Vera ^a   Galetta, Steven L ^a   Pruitt, Amy A ^a   Levine, Joshua M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 3 W Gates Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ALCOHOL; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; MANNITOL; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 67649458173     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181aa5340     Document Type: Article

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