Can plasma ammonia be measured in patients with acute liver disease?

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 426-428

  Herrera, Daniel Juan ^a   Moore, Steven ^a   Heap, Sarah ^a   Preece, Mary Anne ^a   Griffiths, Paul ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMMONIA; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 47749134155     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2008.007175     Document Type: Article

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