Non-hepatic hyperammonaemia: An important, potentially reversible cause of encephalopathy

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 913, 2001, Pages 717-722

  Hawkes, N D ^a   Thomas, G A O ^a   Jurewicz, A ^a   Williams, O M ^a   Hillier, C E M ^a   McQueen, I N F ^a   Shortland, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Hyperammonaemia; Portosystemic venous shunt; Urea cycle defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; UREA CYCLE;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE; PEDIGREE; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034748040     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.913.717     Document Type: Article

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