Effect of prostaglandin E1 on ammonia concentration in blood of patients with hepatic resection

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 126-130

  Aono, Takashi ^a   Sakaguchi, Takeo ^a   Tsukada, Kazuhiro ^a   Kurosaki, Isao ^a   Hatakeyama, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Liver cirrhosis; Liver function

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; LIVER TUMOR; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALPROSTADIL; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CREATININE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029671081     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02208593     Document Type: Article

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