Cerebral herniation in patients with acute liver failure is correlated with arterial ammonia concentration

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 648-653

  Clemmesen, Jens Otto ^a,b   Larsen, Fin Stolze ^a   Kondrup, Jens ^a   Hansen, Bent Adel ^a   Ott, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; GALACTOSE; PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0033055873     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290309     Document Type: Article

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