Hyperammonemic encephalopathy in multiple myeloma

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 557-559

  Furer, Victoria ^a   Heyd, Judith ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia; Multiple myeloma; Respiratory alkalosis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; PAMIDRONIC ACID; THALIDOMIDE; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMONIA; SOMNOLENCE;

AGED; ALKALOSIS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN DISEASES; CONFUSION; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 34547590343     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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