Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 327-331 , September 2010

Cerebral pulsatility index by transcranial Doppler sonography predicts the prognosis of patients with fulminant hepatic failure

  • Manri Kawakami
    • ,
  • Masahiko Koda

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Nishimachi 36-1, Yonago 683-8504, Tottori, Japan. Tel.: +81 859 38 6527; fax: +81 859 38 6529.
    • ,
  • Yoshikazu Murawaki

Received 28 August 2009 ,Accepted 10 September 2009.

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PII: S0899-7071(09)00299-X

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.09.006

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 327-331 , September 2010

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