Magnetic resonance quantification of water and metabolites in the brain of cirrhotics following induced hyperammonaemia

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1154-1160

  Mardini, Hanan ^a   Smith, Fiona E ^a   Record, Christopher O ^a   Blamire, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Hepatic encephalopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; SERINE; THREONINE; WATER;

ADULT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN WATER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

AMINO ACIDS; ASTROCYTES; BODY WATER; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; GLUTAMINE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79956074041     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 01688278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.09.030     Document Type: Article

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