Effect of surgical portosystemic shunt on prevalence of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in children with extrahepatic portal venous obstruction: Assessment by magnetic resonance imaging and psychometry

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 766-772

  Srivastava, Anshu ^a   Yadav, Santosh Kumar ^b   Lal, Richa ^b   Yachha, Surender Kumar ^a   Thomas, Michael A ^c   Saraswat, Vivek A ^b   Gupta, Rakesh K ^b  

^a Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology ^*  (India)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy; diffusion tensor imaging; encephalopathy; extrahepatic portal venous obstruction; minimal hepatic encephalopathy; surgical portosystemic shunt

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AMMONIA; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CREATINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INTERLEUKIN-6; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 78650514639     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181ecaf62     Document Type: Article

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