Multimodality MR imaging findings of low-grade brain edema in hepatic encephalopathy

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 707-715

  Zhang, L J ^a   Zhong, J ^b   Lu, G M ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW;

BRAIN EDEMA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84876738317     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2968     Document Type: Review

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