Arterial ammonia with blood ammonia checker II and with indophenol reaction to assess presence of hepatic encephalopathy

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-82

  Huizenga, Johannes R ^a   Van Dam, Gooitzen M ^a   Gips, Chris H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Blood; Hepatic encephalopathy; Methods

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030586970     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(96)06324-3     Document Type: Article

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