Protective effect of L-carnitine in ammonia-precipitated encephalopathy in the portacaval shunted rat

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 551-556

  Therrien, Guy ^a   Rose, Christopher ^a   Butterworth, Joanne ^a   Butterworth, Roger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARNITINE; LACTIC ACID;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CARNITINE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LACTATES; MALE; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031050889     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250310     Document Type: Article

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