A Preliminary Report of Brain Edema in Patients with Uremia at First Hemodialysis: Evaluation by Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging
C.L. Chena,
P.H. Laib,
K.J. Choua,c,
P.T. Leea,c,d,
H.M. Chunga,c and
H.C. Fanga,C
a Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
b Department of Radiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
c Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
d Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University School of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan

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Fig 1. ROIs used in the normal-appearing gray and white matter and leukoaraiosis analysis are superimposed on the axial ADC maps. A, Normal-appearing gray and white matter regions: left and right frontal and occipital lobes. B, Hyperintensities of the cerebral white matter. The ROIs are indicated by a circle.
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Fig 2. ADC (103 mm2/s) of white matter (A) and gray matter (B) in healthy controls and patients with end stage renal disease before and after hemodialysis. The data are expressed as mean ± SD, which are also presented in bars. Asterisk indicates P < .005 compared with that of healthy controls; double asterisks, P < .05 compared with values before hemodialysis.
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