CASE REPORT: Usefulness of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Diagnosis of Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Patient with Relapsing Confusional Syndrome

Kuramitsu T(1998)Portal-systemic encephalopathy from a spontaneous shunt diagnosed by three-dimensional computed tomography and treated effectively by percutaneous vascular embolization Liver 18 208-212

Komatsu M(1999)Diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy: will Hepatology 29 1605-1607

Matsudaira N(1997) proton 1H-MRS play a role Gastroenterology 112 1758-1761

Naganuma T(1996)1H-MR spectroscopy in portalsystemic encephalopathy: are we there yet Dig Dis 14 30-39

Nizawa M(1999)Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy: The new gold standard for diagnosis of clinical and subclinical hepatic encephalopathy Neurology 52 995-1003

Zeniya A(1998)Elevated subcortical choline metabolites in cognitively and clinically asymptomatic HIV+ patients Radiology 209 73-78

Yoshida T(1992)Focal brain lesions: Effects of single-voxel proton 1H-MR spectroscopic findings on treatment decisions Radiology 182 19-27

Jalan R(1996)Metabolic disorders of the brain in chronic hepatic encephalopathy detected with 1H-MR spectroscopy Seminars in Liver Dis 16 235-244

Olde Damink SWM(1987)The neurobiology of hepatic encephalopathy Neurochem Pathol 6 1-12

Hayes PC(1996)Ammonia: Key factor in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy Hepatology 24 919-923

Kuramitsu T(1998)Portal-systemic encephalopathy from a spontaneous shunt diagnosed by three-dimensional computed tomography and treated effectively by percutaneous vascular embolization Liver 18 208-212

Komatsu M(1999)Diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy: will Hepatology 29 1605-1607

Matsudaira N(1997) proton 1H-MRS play a role Gastroenterology 112 1758-1761

Naganuma T(1996)1H-MR spectroscopy in portalsystemic encephalopathy: are we there yet Dig Dis 14 30-39

Nizawa M(1999)Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy: The new gold standard for diagnosis of clinical and subclinical hepatic encephalopathy Neurology 52 995-1003

Zeniya A(1998)Elevated subcortical choline metabolites in cognitively and clinically asymptomatic HIV+ patients Radiology 209 73-78

Yoshida T(1992)Focal brain lesions: Effects of single-voxel proton 1H-MR spectroscopic findings on treatment decisions Radiology 182 19-27

Jalan R(1996)Metabolic disorders of the brain in chronic hepatic encephalopathy detected with 1H-MR spectroscopy Seminars in Liver Dis 16 235-244

Olde Damink SWM(1987)The neurobiology of hepatic encephalopathy Neurochem Pathol 6 1-12

Hayes PC(1996)Ammonia: Key factor in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy Hepatology 24 919-923