Iatrogenic hyperammonemia after anorexia

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 486-488

  Welsh, Emily ^a   Kucera, Jan ^a   Perloff, Michael D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZITHROMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ETIRACETAM; FOLIC ACID; GABAPENTIN; LACTULOSE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIGHTY SHAKES; MULTIVITAMIN; OXCARBAZEPINE; OXYCODONE; PACLITAXEL; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; PROTEIN; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; FLAPPING TREMOR; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEIZURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; FEMALE; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANOREXIA; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LACTULOSE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77950347012     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.549     Document Type: Article

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