Effect of liver disease and transplantation on urea synthesis in humans: Relationship to acid-base status

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 5 39-5, 1999, Pages

  Shangraw, Robert E ^a,c   Jahoor, Farook ^b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base metabolism; Ammonia; Base excess; Cirrhosis; Metabolic alkalosis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; LEUCINE; NITROGEN 15; UREA;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA CYCLE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033049387     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1999.276.5.g1145     Document Type: Article

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