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Decrease of regional cerebral blood flow in liver cirrhosis

DOI

40

Citations

0

References

2000

Year

Motoh Iwasa, Kaname Matsumura, Masahiko Kaito, Jiro Ikoma, Yoshinao Kobayashi, Naoki Nakagawa, Shozo Watanabe, Kan Takeda, Yukihiko Adachi
European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Abstract

Patients with liver cirrhosis without advanced encephalopathy showed widespread reduction in rCBF; this reduction was particularly evident in the frontal lobe. Tc-99m ECD SPECT may be useful for evaluating cerebral functional changes in patients with liver cirrhosis.