Is measuring serum ammonia helpful in patients with liver cirrhosis?
Background. Ammonia has been traditionally viewed as one of the main culprits for the development of hepatic encephalopathy. In the setting of liver cirrhosis or portal-systemic shunting, hepatocytes fail to metabolize ammonia, and thus excess ammonia reaches the systemic circulation, and from there...
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Amaltea Medical Publishing House
2023-03-01
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