Glutamine, myo-inositol, and organic brain osmolytes after portacaval anastomosis in the rat: Implications for ammonia-induced brain edema

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4 I, 1996, Pages 919-923

  Córdoba, Juan ^a   Gottstein, Jeanne ^a   Blei, Andres T ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN EDEMA; FLUID TRANSPORT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; OSMOREGULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029827933     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008855198     Document Type: Article

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