Magnetic resonance T2-relaxometry and 2D L-correlated spectroscopy in patients with minimal hepatic encephalopathy

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1034-1041

  Singhal, Aparna ^a   Nagarajan, Rajakumar ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Huda, Amir ^a,b   Gupta, Rakesh K ^c   Thomas, M Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; T2 relaxation

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; TAURINE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE T2 RELAXOMETRY; MALE; METABOLITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL L CORRELATED SPECTROSCOPY; WATER CONTENT; AGED; BRAIN; LIVER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INOSITOL; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAURINE;

EID: 70350452930     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21943     Document Type: Article

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