Absence of neuropsychological impairment in hyperammonaemia in healthy young adults; Possible synergism in development of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) symptoms?

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 203-212

  Wilkinson, Daniel J ^a   Smeeton, Nicholas J ^a   Castle, Paul C ^b   Watt, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cognition; Fatigue; Liver disease

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATIGUE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATIGUE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 80052284557     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-011-9251-0     Document Type: Article

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