Hepatic glutamine synthetase deficiency in fatal hyperammonemia after lung transplantation

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 446-449

  Tuchman, Mendel ^a   Lichtenstein, Gary R ^b   Rajagopal, B S ^a   McCann, Mark T ^a   Furth, Emma E ^b   Bavaria, Joseph ^b   Kaplan, Paige B ^c   Gibson, James B ^d   Berry, Gerard T ^c  

^a UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; LIVER ENZYME; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0030880810     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-6-199709150-00005     Document Type: Article

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