Ammonia and endogenous benzodiazepine-like compounds in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 423-425

  Venturini, I ^a   Corsi, L ^a   Avallone, R ^a   Farina, F ^a   Bedogni, G ^a   Baraldi, C ^a   Baraldi, M ^a   Zeneroli, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Endogenous benzodiazepines; Hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BENZODIAZEPINE;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COLORIMETRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035081214     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655201300051315     Document Type: Article

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