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CASE REPORT: Usefulness of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Diagnosis of Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Patient with Relapsing Confusional Syndrome

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  1. Servicio de Medicina Interna-Hepatología, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Juan Cordoba, Carmen Hinojosa, Francesc Sampedro, Rafael Esteban & Jaume Guardia

  2. Servicio de Medicina Interna-Hepatología and Unidad de Resonancia Magnética, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Juli Alonso

  3. Unidad de Resonancia Magnética, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Alex Rovira

  4. Unidad de Tomografia Computada, del Servicio de Radiologia (Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge), Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Sergi Quiroga

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Cordoba, J., Hinojosa, C., Sampedro, F. et al. CASE REPORT: Usefulness of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Diagnosis of Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Patient with Relapsing Confusional Syndrome. Dig Dis Sci 46, 2451–2455 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012323819757

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