The Effect of Hepatic Encephalopathy, Hepatic Failure, and Portosystemic Shunt on Brain Volume of Cirrhotic Patients: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study

• Long Jiang Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Long Jiang Zhang, Rongfeng Qi

  * E-mail: kevinzhanglongjiang@yahoo.com.cn (LJZ); cjr.luguangming@vip.163.com (GML)

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

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• Rongfeng Qi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Long Jiang Zhang, Rongfeng Qi

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

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• Jianhui Zhong,

  Affiliation Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Qiang Xu,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China

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• Gang Zheng,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

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• Guang Ming Lu

  * E-mail: kevinzhanglongjiang@yahoo.com.cn (LJZ); cjr.luguangming@vip.163.com (GML)

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

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