The diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy is mainly detected by neuropsychological tests. These tests, however, do not always apply depending on the status of the child (age, social and cultural environment) and are therfore not reliable for subtle changes. We propose to detect minimal hepatic encephalopathy (minHE) in children with chronic liver disease and/or porto-systemic shunting, using MRI with Diffusion-weighted (ADC) and ¹H- spectroscopy in the globus pallidum. Read More

Meeting name: IPR 2016 Conjoint Meeting & Exhibition , 2016

Authors: Hanquinet Sylviane, Morice Claire, Merlini Laura, Cousin Vladimir, Mclin Valérie, Anooshiravani Mehrak

Keywords: hepatic encephalopathy, 1H- spectroscopy, brain MRI, chronic liver disease, porto-systemic shunting