Hepatic encephalopathy

Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-111

  McAvoy, Norma C ^a,b   Hayes, Peter C ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ammonia; glutamine glutamate cycle; hepatic encephalopathy; liver failure

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BENZOIC ACID; BROMOCRIPTINE; DISACCHARIDE; FLUMAZENIL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LACTITOL; LACTULOSE; LEVODOPA; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; NITROGEN; NORFLOXACIN; PHOSPHATE; VANCOMYCIN; ZINC;

ASTROCYTE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; CONFUSION; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EAR DISEASE; FLAPPING TREMOR; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; REVIEW;

EID: 33846364670     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2006.11.003     Document Type: Review

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