Interorgan ammonia trafficking in liver disease

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-181

  Olde Damink, Steven W M ^a,b   Jalan, Rajiv ^b   Dejong, Cornelius H C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cirrhosis; Glutamine; Interorgan metabolism; Liver failure

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ARYLBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLACETIC ACID; UREA;

AMMONIA FORMATION; DETOXIFICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; KIDNEY METABOLISM; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 60449089103     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-008-9122-5     Document Type: Review

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