Hyperammonemia after chemotherapy in an adolescent with hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 537-540

  Winter, Stuart S ^a,b   Rose, Edward ^a   Katz, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IFOSFAMIDE; MESNA; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRITHING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AMMONIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ARGININE; BRAIN DISEASES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTULOSE; NEOMYCIN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0030778141     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199711000-00010     Document Type: Article

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