Transient hyperammonemia in seizures: A prospective study

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2043-2049

  Hung, Tzu Yao ^a   Chen, Chien Chih ^a   Wang, Tzong Luen ^b,c   Su, Chih Feng ^b   Wang, Ruei Fang ^b,c  

^a KEELUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcohol related seizures; Ammonia; Diagnosis; Emergency department; Epilepsy; Generalized tonic clonic seizures

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL RELATED SEIZURE; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSIENT HYPERAMMONEMIA;

AMMONIA; CREATININE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80155135573     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03279.x     Document Type: Article

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