Acute hepatic encephalopathy: Diffusion-weighted and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery findings, and correlation with plasma ammonia level and clinical outcome

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1471-1479

  McKinney, Alexander M ^a   Lohman, B D ^a   Sarikaya, B ^a   Uhlmann, E ^a   Spanbauer, J ^a   Singewald, T ^b   Brace, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; THALAMUS; WEST HAVEN GRADE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956573003     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2112     Document Type: Article

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