Serial evaluation of children with ALF with advanced MRI, serum proinflammatory cytokines, thiamine, and cognition assessment

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 580-586

  Srivastava, Anshu ^a   Yadav, Santosh K ^a   Borkar, Vibhor V ^a   Yadav, Abhishek ^a   Yachha, Surender K ^a   Thomas, Michael A ^c   Rathore, Ram K S ^b   Pandey, Chandra M ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a  

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

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1H MR spectroscopy; Acute liver failure; Cerebral edema; Diffusion tensor imaging; Neuropsychological tests; Proinflammatory cytokines; Thiamine

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; THIAMINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUTAMINE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; THIAMINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84869090864     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31825f4c3e     Document Type: Article

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