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Effects of portal-systemic shunt embolization on the basal ganglia: MRI

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We report MRI in a patient with portal-systemic encephalopathy, in which the high signal in the basal ganglia on T1-weighted images showed marked resolution after successful embolization of the intrahepatic portal-systemic venous shunt.

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Received: 21 June 1996 Accepted: 26 July 1996

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Matsumoto, S., Mori, H., Yoshioka, K. et al. Effects of portal-systemic shunt embolization on the basal ganglia: MRI. Neuroradiology 39, 326–328 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050417

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