Ammonia levels and the severity of hepatic encephalopathy

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 160-163

  Qureshi, Muhammad Omar ^a   Khokhar, Nasir ^a   Shafqat, Farzana ^a  

^a SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cirrhosis; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AMMONIA; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84895461743     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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