Structural and functional cerebral impairments in cirrhotic patients with a history of overt hepatic encephalopathy

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2463-2469

  Chen, Hua Jun ^a   Zhu, Xi Qi ^a   Shu, Hao ^a   Yang, Ming ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Ding, Jie ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Teng, Gao Jun ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain atrophy; Functional connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Hepatic encephalopathy; Posterior cingulate cortex; Resting state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INSULA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL GYRUS; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865205399     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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