Hyperammonemia, bane of the brain

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 683-689

  Cohn, Robert M ^a   Roth, Karl S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARYLBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZOIC ACID; CALCIUM PHENYLBUTYRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; NEUROTOXIN; PHENYLACETIC ACID; SODIUM PHENYLACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ACIDEMIA; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; BRAIN EDEMA; COMA; DEATH; DIET RESTRICTION; DISORIENTATION; FLAPPING TREMOR; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; NEUROTOXICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UREA CYCLE; VOMITING;

BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA;

EID: 5444264631     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300801     Document Type: Review

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