Abnormal regional homogeneity of resting-state brain activity in patients with HBV-related cirrhosis without overt hepatic encephalopathy

Liver International

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 375-383

  Lv, Xiao Fei ^a   Qiu, Ying Wei ^b   Tian, Jun Zhang ^b   Xie, Chuan Miao ^a   Han, Lu Jun ^a   Su, Huan Huan ^b   Liu, Zhen Yin ^c   Peng, Jun Ping ^c   Lin, Chu Lan ^b   Wu, Mao Sheng ^b   Jiang, Gui Hua ^b   Zhang, Xue Lin ^c,d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b GUANGDONG SECOND PROVINCIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Kanghua Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Functional MRI; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hepatitis B virus; Psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score; Regional homogeneity; Resting state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS RELATED CIRRHOSIS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LINGUAL GYRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84873744617     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12096     Document Type: Article

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