Pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy: Lessons from nitrogen challenges in man

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-207

  Mardini, Hanan ^a   Record, Christopher ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Ammonia; Hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HEMOGLOBIN; INOSITOL; NITROGEN; RIFAXIMIN; SERINE; THREONINE; UREA;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETERIORATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MODULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; RESPONSE TIME; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COLON; DIAGNOSTIC USE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; COLON; GLUTAMINE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; NITROGEN;

EID: 84878019444     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-012-9362-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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