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Evidence of a vicious cycle in glutamine synthesis and breakdown in pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy–therapeutic perspectives

There is substantial clinical and experimental evidence that ammonia is a major factor in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy. In the article is demonstrated that in hepatocellular dysfunction, ammonia detoxification to glutamine (GLN) in skeletal muscle, brain, and likely the lungs, is activ...

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Autor principal: Holecek, Milan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23996300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11011-013-9428-9