Reversible cytotoxic edema in a cirrhotic patient following TIPS

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-393

  Babington, James R ^a   Stahl, Justin H ^a   Coy, David L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DWI; Encephalopathy; MRI; Restricted diffusion

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; LACTULOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CINGULATE GYRUS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; THINKING; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC;

EID: 70349497154     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2009.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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