Brain MR imaging and 1H-MR spectroscopy changes in patients with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction from early childhood to adulthood

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1337-1342

  Yadav, S K ^a   Saksena, S ^a   Srivastava, Anshu ^a   Srivastava, Arti ^a   Saraswat, V A ^a   Thomas, M A ^c   Rathore, R K S ^b   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a  

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

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHOLINE; INOSITOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMMONIA; BASAL GANGLIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INOSITOL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PORTAL VEIN; PROTONS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955618981     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2045     Document Type: Article

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