Chronic hyponatremia exacerbates ammonia-induced brain edema in rats after portacaval anastomosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 589-594

  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

Ammonia; Brain edema; Glutamine; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hyponatremia; Myo inositol; Organic osmolytes; Portacaval anastomosis; Rats

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DESMOPRESSIN; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032190949     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(98)80154-2     Document Type: Article

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