Brain edema dynamics in patients with overt hepatic encephalopathy. A magnetic resonance imaging study

NeuroImage

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 481-487

  Poveda, María José ^a   Bernabeu, Ángela ^a   Concepción, Luis ^a   Roa, Elena ^a   de Madaria, Enrique ^a   Zapater, Pedro ^a   Pérez Mateo, Miguel ^a   Jover, Rodrigo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Brain spectroscopy; Cirrhosis; Hepatic encephalopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; PROTON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WATER CONTENT; BODY WATER; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FIBROSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NONMYELINATED NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

BODY WATER; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PARIETAL LOBE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953688432     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.04.260     Document Type: Article

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