Hyperammonemic encephalopathy in a patient with ureterosigmoidostomy and acute hepatitis: A specific case of fulminant hepatic failure

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 821-823

  Ohnishi, Shunsuke ^a   Yoshida, Takeshi ^a   Makiyama, Hiroaki ^a   Usui, Katsuya ^a   Kudo, Mayumi ^a   Kobayashi, Takahiko ^a   Hige, Shuhei ^a   Asaka, Masahiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Fulminant hepatic failure; Hyperammonemic encephalopathy; Ureterosigmoidostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER SURGERY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETEROSIGMOIDOSTOMY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; URINARY DIVERSION; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0037380286     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022817632573     Document Type: Article

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