18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography study of brain metabolism in cirrhosis: effect of liver transplantation

Transplant Proc. 1999 Feb-Mar;31(1-2):418-20. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(98)01687-x.

Authors

P Burra¹, M Dam, F Chierichetti, U Tedeschi, M Senzolo, E Sale, A Cagnin, C Ori, R Naccarato, G Ferlin, G Pizzolato

Affiliation

¹ Gastroenterology Unit, University of Padova Medical School, Italy.

PMID: 10083169
DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(98)01687-x

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / metabolism*
Electroencephalography
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18* / pharmacokinetics
Hepatic Encephalopathy / diagnostic imaging
Hepatic Encephalopathy / metabolism*
Hepatic Encephalopathy / surgery
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis / diagnostic imaging
Liver Cirrhosis / metabolism*
Liver Cirrhosis / surgery
Liver Transplantation* / physiology
Male
Radiopharmaceuticals* / pharmacokinetics
Reference Values
Tissue Distribution
Tomography, Emission-Computed

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18