Structural change of thalamus in cirrhotic patients with or without minimal hepatic encephalopathy and the relationship between thalamus volume and clinical indexes related to cirrhosis

Aberrant brain structural change in cirrhotic patients with or without hepatic encephalopathy is one of the most typical cases in voxel-based morphometry (VBM) studies. However, there exist inconsistent results regarding to the volume change of the thalamus. Furthermore, the relationship between tha...

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Main Authors: Chun-Qiang Lu, Yun Jiao, Xiang-Pan Meng, Yu Cai, Ying Luan, Xiao-Min Xu, Shenghong Ju
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:NeuroImage: Clinical
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158218302900