Ammonia toxicity in the central nervous system

Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology: Amino Acids and Peptides in the Nervous System

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 261-276

  Albrecht, J ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

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