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ArticleEuropean radiology2010

Cerebral metabolic changes in neurologically presymptomatic patients undergoing haemodialysis: in vivo proton MR spectroscopic findings.

Ming-Lun Chiu, Chun-Wei Li, Jer-Ming Chang, I-Chan Chiang, Chih-Hung Ko, Hung-Yi Chuang, Reu-Sheng Sheu, Chen-Chang Lee, Tsyh-Jyi Hsieh

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Article in European radiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Ming-Lun ChiuDepartment of Medical Imaging, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chun-Wei Li
Jer-Ming Chang
I-Chan Chiang
Chih-Hung Ko
Hung-Yi Chuang
Reu-Sheng Sheu
Chen-Chang Lee
Tsyh-Jyi Hsieh
Kaohsiung Medical University · TWKaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · TWKaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TW

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Abstract

objectiveTo prospectively investigate and detect early cerebral metabolic changes in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) by using in vivo proton MR spectroscopy (MRS).

methodsWe enrolled 32 patients with ESRD and 32 healthy controls between the ages of 26 and 50 years. Short echo time single-voxel proton MRS was acquired from volumes of interest (VOIs) located in the frontal grey and white matter, temporal white matter and basal ganglia. The choline/phospatidylcholine (Cho), myo-inositol (mI), N-acetylaspartate (NAA) and total creatine (tCr) peaks were measured and the metabolic ratios with respect to tCr were calculated.

resultsIn the ESRD group, significant elevations of the Cho/tCr and mI/tCr ratios were observed for the frontal grey matter, frontal white matter, temporal white matter and basal ganglia as compared with controls. There was no significant difference in the NAA/tCr ratios at all VOIs between the ESRD patients and the healthy controls.

conclusionsProton MRS is a useful and non-invasive imaging tool for the detection of early cerebral metabolic changes in neurologically presymptomatic ESRD patients.

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