Is hyperammonemia really the true cause of altered neuropsychology, brain MR spectroscopy and magnetization transfer after an oral amino acid load in cirrhosis?

Hepatology. 2003 Sep;38(3):777; author reply 778. doi: 10.1053/jhep.2003.50388.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Amino Acids / administration & dosage*
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy / diagnosis
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy / etiology*
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy / physiopathology
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Hyperammonemia / complications*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / blood*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Neuropsychological Tests

Substances

  • Amino Acids