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Cerebral metabolite alterations in patients with posttransplant encephalopathy after liver transplantation.

Henning PflugradAnita Blanka TrycAnnemarie GoldbeckerHannelore Barg-HockChristian StrassburgJürgen KlempnauerHeinrich LanfermannKarin WeissenbornPeter Raab
Published in: PloS one (2019)
Patients with and without posttransplant encephalopathy showed no significant difference in cerebral metabolites before liver transplantation. However, the paired sub-analysis indicates that the extent of cerebral metabolite alterations in patients with liver cirrhosis might be critical for the development of posttransplant encephalopathy after liver transplantation.
Keyphrases
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  • brain injury
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  • cerebral blood flow
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