Basal ganglia hyperintensity may be a marker of hepatic encephalopathy secondary to portosystemic shunting

Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e5-e6

  Jiang, Mingshan ^a   Wang, Zhu ^a   Tsauo, Jiaywei ^a   Li, Xiao ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ADULT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT;

EID: 84964282512     PISSN: 22107401     EISSN: 2210741X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2014.08.001     Document Type: Letter

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