Brain metabolism of 13N-ammonia during a
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Susanne Keiding; Michael SΓΈrensen; Dirk Bender; Ole Lajord Munk; Peter Ott; Hend
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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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