Ammonia-related changes in cerebral electrogenesis in healthy subjects and patients with cirrhosis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 492-496

  Bersagliere, A ^a,b   Raduazzo, I D ^c   Schiff, S ^c   Gatta, A ^c   Merkel, C ^c   Amodio, P ^c   Achermann, P ^a,b   Montagnese, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy; Hyperammonaemia; Wake EEG frequency; Wake EEG topography

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ADULT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84873264991     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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