Transient hyperammonemia associated with postictal state in generalized convulsion

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 453-456

  Liu, Kuan Ting ^a   Yang, Shih Chia ^a   Yeh, I Jeng ^a   Lin, Tzeng Jih ^a   Lee, Chi Wei ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cognition; Hyperammonemia; Postictal state; Seizures

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE;

ADULT; AMMONIA; CONSCIOUSNESS; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TAIWAN;

EID: 80053052949     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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