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186 13N-ammonia pet of acute hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis patients: Brain capillary permeability and metabolism of ammmonia


Book ID
117373698
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
120 KB
Volume
42
Category
Article
ISSN
0168-8278

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Animal studies and results from 13N-ammonia positron emission tomography (PET) in patients with cirrhosis and minimal hepatic encephalopathy suggest that a disturbed brain ammonia metabolism plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy (HE). We studied brain ammonia kinetics in