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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hepatol. 2014 Aug 8;62(1):75–82. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.07.033

Table 4.

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Changes after Tolvaptan showing an increase in Choline indicating reduction in astrocytic swelling

Creatine ratio of metabolites Right Parietal White Matter Posterior Gray Matter
Myoinositol Choline Glutamate+ Glutamine Myoinositol Choline Glutamate+ Glutamine
Pre-drug 0.192±0.04 0.239±0.01 2.4±0.14 0.254±0.04 0.187±0.01 2.375±0.08
After tolvaptan 0.166±0.04 0.285±0.02 2.278±0.14 0.253±0.03 0.213±0.01 2.292±0.12
P value 0.53 0.014 0.53 0.62 0.009 0.61