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Blood ammonia levels in liver cirrhosis: a clue for the presence of portosystemic collateral veins
BACKGROUND: Portal hypertension leads to the formation of portosystemic collateral veins in liver cirrhosis. The resulting shunting is responsible for the development of portosystemic encephalopathy. Although ammonia plays a certain role in determining portosystemic encephalopathy, the venous ammoni...
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Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662872/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19292923 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-9-21 |