Cytotoxic Edema Is Responsible for Raised Intracranial Pressure in Fulminant Hepatic Failure: In Vivo Demonstration Using Diffusion-Weighted MRI in Human Subjects - Ranjan, Piyush; Mishra, Asht Mangal; Kale, Ravindra; Saraswat, Vivek Anand; Gupta, Rakesh Kumar (Metabolic brain disease, 2005)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Brain Edema - pathology; Brain Edema - physiopathology; Cerebrovascular Circulation; Child; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Female; Humans; Intracranial Pressure; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Liver Failure, Acute - pathology; Liver Failure, Acute - physiopathology; Male; Medical sciences; Nervous system; Neurology; Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry; Ultrasonic investigative techniques; Human; Nervous system diseases; Hepatic disease; Astrocyte; Intracranial pressure; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Cerebral disorder; diffusion-weighted MRI; apparent diffusion coefficient; Liver failure; fulminant hepatic failure; Central nervous system disease; astrocyte swelling; Digestive diseases; Diffusion coefficient; Diffusion; Cerebral edema