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Malnutrition-related hyperammonemic encephalopathy presenting with burst suppression: a case report

BACKGROUND: Hyperammonemia is a common cause of metabolic encephalopathy, mainly related to hepatic cirrhosis. Numerous nonhepatic etiologies exist but they are infrequent and not well known, thus, leading to misdiagnosis and inadequate care. Electroencephalography has a proven diagnostic and progno...

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Autores principales: Leidi, Antonio, Pisaturo, Marisa, Fumeaux, Thierry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6689163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31399120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-019-2185-6