Mechanisms of cognitive alterations in hyperammonemia and hepatic encephalopathy: Therapeutical implications
✍ Scribed by Pilar Monfort; Omar Cauli; Carmina Montoliu; Regina Rodrigo; Marta Llansola; Blanca Piedrafita; Nisrin el Mlili; Jordi Boix; Ana Agustí; Vicente Felipo
- Book ID
- 116765264
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0197-0186
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