Enhanced renal ammonia excretion following volume expansion in patients with well compensated cirrhosis of the liver

Gut

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1041-1045

  Jalan, R ^a,b   Kapoor, D ^b  

^a Institute of Hepatology   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANGIOTENSIN; RENIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLASMA VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SODIUM EXCRETION; TIME; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0037784079     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.52.7.1041     Document Type: Article

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