Presentation of an acquired urea cycle disorder post liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1714-1716

  Ghabril, Marwan ^a   Nguyen, Justin ^a   Kramer, David ^a   Genco, Trina ^a   Mai, Martin ^a   Rosser, Barry G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININE; BENZOIC ACID; CEFTIZOXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; GANCICLOVIR; LACTULOSE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; ORNITHINE; OROTIC ACID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; DONOR; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UREA CYCLE DISORDER;

FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA;

EID: 37549002482     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21291     Document Type: Article

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