Development of a mathematical model of ammonia metabolism in liver cirrhosis
Hepatic encephalopathy is a neuropsychiatric syndrome, which affects most patients with advanced cirrhosis. Development of the syndrome has been associated with the accumulation of ammonia (a neurotoxin) in the brain, resulting from abnormally high levels of ammonia in the bloodstream (hyperammonaem...
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University College London (University of London)
2012
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.625930 |