"Hyperammonemia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Elevated level of AMMONIA in the blood. It is a sign of defective CATABOLISM of AMINO ACIDS or ammonia to UREA.
| Descriptor ID |
D022124
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.421
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hyperammonemia" by people in Profiles.
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Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of l-ornithine phenylacetate in patients with acute liver injury/failure and hyperammonemia. Hepatology. 2018 03; 67(3):1003-1013.
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Randomized, double-blind, controlled study of glycerol phenylbutyrate in hepatic encephalopathy. Hepatology. 2014 Mar; 59(3):1073-83.
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Healthy, but comatose. Am J Med. 2011 Apr; 124(4):303-5.
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L-carnitine administration reverses acute mental status changes in a chronic hemodialysis patient with hepatitis C infection. Clin Nephrol. 2002 May; 57(5):402-5.