Cirrhosis, Hepatic Encephalopathy and Ammonium Toxicity (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
Contributors: Santiago Grisolía (Editor); Vicente Felipo (Editor); Maria-Dolores Miñana (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 31, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780306436666
Subjects: Endocrinology; Diseases Of The Liver And Biliary Tract; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; Gastroenterology; Internal Medicine; Neuroscience; Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism; Ammonia; Cirrhosis; Congresses; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver; Toxicology
Description: Explores some hypotheses regarding the molecular basis of the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy, a major cause of death in the Orient, focusing on the disruptive effects of too much ammonia on a wide range of biological processes, and how those may impact the liver. Other possibilities are also considered. Five of the 17 papers deal with the clinical treatment of the disease. The symposium was in Valencia, Spain, in November 1989.