Significant volume reduction and shape abnormalities of the basal ganglia in cases of chronic liver cirrhosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-245

  Lin, W C ^a,b   Chou, K H ^b   Chen, C L ^a   Chen, C H ^b   Chen, H L ^a,b   Feekes, J A ^c   Hsu, N W ^a   Li, S H ^a   Cheng, Yu Fan ^a   Lin, Ching Po ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP GRAY MATTER; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUTAMEN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BASAL GANGLIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863116881     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2769     Document Type: Article

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