Effects of hyperammonaemia on brain function
- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
- Vol. 21 (S1) , 6-20
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005393104494
Abstract
Neuropsychiatric symptoms of hyperammonaemia include alterations of mood and personality, cognitive impairment, ataxia, convulsions and coma. The nature and severity of CNS dysfunction depend upon th...Keywords
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