Blood ammonia levels in liver cirrhosis: a clue for the presence of portosystemic collateral veins.

Tarantino, Giovanni; Citro, Vincenzo; Esposito, Pasquale; Giaquinto, Sabrina; de Leone, Annalisa; Milan, Graziella; Tripodi, Francesca Saveria; Cirillo, Michele; Lobello, Roberto

Tarantino, Giovanni; Citro, Vincenzo; Esposito, Pasquale; Giaquinto, Sabrina; de Leone, Annalisa; Milan, Graziella; Tripodi, Francesca Saveria; Cirillo, Michele; Lobello, Roberto.

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Tarantino G; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Hepatology in Internal Medicine Section, Federico II University Medical School of Naples, Naples, Italy. tarantin@unina.it

BMC Gastroenterol ; 9: 21, 2009 Mar 17.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19292923

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Ammonia/blood; Collateral Circulation/physiology; Esophageal and Gastric Varices/epidemiology; Liver Cirrhosis/blood; Liver Cirrhosis/physiopathology; Portal System/physiopathology; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cohort Studies; Endoscopy; Esophageal and Gastric Varices/blood; Esophageal and Gastric Varices/pathology; Female; Humans; Liver Cirrhosis/complications; Male; Middle Aged; Platelet Count; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Spleen/diagnostic imaging; Spleen/pathology; Ultrasonography

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Portal System / Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Collateral Circulation / Ammonia / Liver Cirrhosis Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: BMC Gastroenterol Journal subject: GASTROENTEROLOGIA Year: 2009 Type: Article Affiliation country: Italy

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