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Contribution of hyperammonemia and inflammatory factors to cognitive impairment in minimal hepatic encephalopathy

✍ Scribed by Vicente Felipo; Amparo Urios; Encarna Montesinos; Inmaculada Molina; Maria L. Garcia-Torres; Miguel Civera; Juan A. Del Olmo; Joaquin Ortega; Jose Martinez-Valls; Miguel A. Serra; Norberto Cassinello; Abdallah Wassel; Esperanza Jordá; Carmina Montoliu

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 761 KB
Volume: 27
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-7490
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-011-9269-3

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