Cerebral blood flow in acute liver failure: A finding in search of a mechanism

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 177-194

  Vaquero, Javier ^a   Chung, Chuhan ^a   Blei, Andres T ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; ammonia; astrocytes; brain edema; cerebrovascular circulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYTOKINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; LACTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM;

ASTROCYTE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIVER FAILURE; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPEREMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE;

EID: 5444235747     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MEBR.0000043968.04313.e7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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