Fig 5. MR Spectra of posterior NAWM in a healthy control (A, patient 11), a nonalcoholic patient with cirrhosis (B, patient 55) with overt hepatic encephalopathy, and an alcoholic patient with cirrhosis (C, patient 59). Arrows indicate alterations in the patients spectrum, compared with that of the control group. Control (A): mIns/Cr, 0.926; NAA/Cr, 1.952; Cho/Cr, 0.301; Glx/Cr, 1.442. Nonalcoholic patient with cirrhosis (B): mIns/Cr, 0.038; NAA/Cr, 2.129; Cho/Cr, 0.255; Glx/Cr, 3.307. Alcoholic patient with cirrhosis (C): mIns/Cr, 0.260; NAA/Cr, 1.722; Cho/Cr, 0.249; Glx/Cr, 1.784.