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Reversal of Low-Grade Cerebral Edema After Lactulose/Rifaximin Therapy in Patients with Cirrhosis and Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy
OBJECTIVES: Decreased magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) in the brain characterizes cerebral edema (CE) in patients with liver cirrhosis, but the role of treatment on its reversibility has not been studied in patients who have minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE). This study was carried to evaluate...
Autores principales: | Rai, Rahul, Ahuja, Chirag K, Agrawal, Swastik, Kalra, Naveen, Duseja, Ajay, Khandelwal, Niranjan, Chawla, Yogesh, Dhiman, Radha K |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4816249/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26378384 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ctg.2015.38 |
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