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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2008; 14(26): 4168-4178
Published online Jul 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4168
Published online Jul 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4168
Evaluation of mannitol effect in patients with acute hepatic failure and acute-on-chronic liver failure using conventional MRI, diffusion tensor imaging and in-vivo proton MR spectroscopy
Vivek A Saraswat, Pranav Mandal, Department of Gastroen-terology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226014, India
Sona Saksena, Kavindra Nath, Rakesh K Gupta, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226014, India
Jitesh Singh, Ramkishore S Rathore, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 226014, India
M Albert Thomas, Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095-1721, United States
Author contributions: Gupta RK, Saraswat VA, Saksena S, Rathore RS and Thomas MA designed the study; Gupta RK, Saraswat VA, Nath K and Mandal P collected the data; Gupta RK, Saraswat VA, Saksena S, Rathore RS, Nath K and Singh J analyzed the data; Gupta RK, Saraswat VA, Rathore RS and Thomas MA interpreted the data; Gupta RK, Saraswat VA, Saksena S, Rathore RS and Thomas MA contributed to the writing of the manuscript; Gupta RK decided to submit the manuscript for publication
Correspondence to: Dr. Rakesh K Gupta, Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226014, India. rgupta@sgpgi.ac.in, rakeshree@hotmail.com
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Received: February 25, 2008
Revised: May 16, 2008
Accepted: May 23, 2008
Published online: July 14, 2008
Revised: May 16, 2008
Accepted: May 23, 2008
Published online: July 14, 2008
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