Brain edema in acute liver failure: Inhibition by L-histidine

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1400-1408

  Rao, Kakulavarapu V Rama ^a   Reddy, Pichili V B ^a   Tong, Xiaoying ^b   Norenberg, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMINE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HISTIDINE; THIOACETAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 77749237129     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.090756     Document Type: Article

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