Acute hepatic (or hyperammonemic) encephalopathy: Diffuse cortical injury and the significance of ammonia

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  McKinney, A M ^a   Sarikaya, B ^a   Spanbauer, J ^a   Lohman, B D ^a   Uhlmann, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPERAMMONEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LETTER; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; THALAMUS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE;

EID: 80052008576     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2622     Document Type: Letter

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