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SUBMITTER: Garcia-Garcia R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5638549 | biostudies-other | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
García-García Raquel R Cruz-Gómez Álvaro Javier ÁJ Mangas-Losada Alba A Urios Amparo A Forn Cristina C Escudero-García Desamparados D Kosenko Elena E Ordoño Juan Fermín JF Tosca Joan J Giner-Durán Remedios R Serra Miguel Angel MA Avila César C Belloch Vicente V Felipo Vicente V Montoliu Carmina C
PloS one 20171012 10
<h4>Background and aims</h4>Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is associated with cognitive alterations and changes in connectivity. We assessed the relationship of the abnormalities of resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) and gray matter (GM) volume with different cognitive alterations and biochemical parameters associated to MHE.<h4>Methods</h4>Thirty-nine cirrhotic patients (26 without and 13 with MHE) and 24 controls were widely cognitive assessed with a battery of psychometric te ...[more]