Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 863-871, March 2009

Low Cerebral Oxygen Consumption and Blood Flow in Patients With Cirrhosis and an Acute Episode of Hepatic Encephalopathy

  • Peter Iversen

      Affiliations

    • PET Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Department of Medicine V, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Michael Sørensen

      Affiliations

    • PET Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Department of Medicine V, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Lasse Kristoffer Bak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Helle Sønderby Waagepetersen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Manouchehr Seyedi Vafaee

      Affiliations

    • PET Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
    • ,
  • Per Borghammer

      Affiliations

    • PET Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
    • ,
  • Kim Mouridsen

      Affiliations

    • Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
    • ,
  • Svend Borup Jensen

      Affiliations

    • PET Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
    • ,
  • Hendrik Vilstrup

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine V, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Arne Schousboe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Peter Ott

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine V, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
    • ,
  • Albert Gjedde

      Affiliations

    • PET Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Susanne Keiding

      Affiliations

    • PET Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Department of Medicine V, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Susanne Keiding, MD, Department of Medicine V, Aarhus University Hospital, DK- 8000 Aarhus, Denmark. Phone: +45 8949 3031; fax: +45 8949 3020

Received 22 August 2008; accepted 23 October 2008. published online 03 November 2008.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by the Danish Medical Research Council (271-06-0357, 271-07-0267), the Alfred Benzon Foundation, the Carlsberg Foundation, Aarhus University, and the Helga and Peter Kornings Foundation.

PII: S0016-5085(08)01895-7

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.10.057

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 863-871, March 2009

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