"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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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hyperammonemia" by people in Profiles.
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Management of COVID-19 infection in organic acidemias. Am J Med Genet A. 2021 06; 185(6):1854-1857.
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Malnutrition-related hyperammonemic encephalopathy presenting with burst suppression: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2019 Aug 10; 13(1):248.
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Unexplained encephalopathy with phenytoin toxicity - hyperammonemia, the underlying cause. Neurol India. 2018 Nov-Dec; 66(6):1829-1831.
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Disabling portosystemic encephalopathy in a non-cirrhotic patient: Successful endovascular treatment of a giant inferior mesenteric-caval shunt via the left internal iliac vein. World J Gastroenterol. 2017 Dec 21; 23(47):8426-8431.
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Isolated hyperammonemic encephalopathy in heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 03; 37(3):427-429.
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Hyperammonemia associated with distal renal tubular acidosis or urinary tract infection: a systematic review. Pediatr Nephrol. 2018 03; 33(3):485-491.
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Valproate-induced encephalopathy in a comorbid elderly woman. Psychogeriatrics. 2017 May; 17(3):208-209.
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Necrotizing Enteritis and Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Associated With Equine Coronavirus Infection in Equids. Vet Pathol. 2015 Nov; 52(6):1148-56.
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Primary carnitine deficiency and pivalic acid exposure causing encephalopathy and fatal cardiac events. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2013 Jan; 36(1):35-41.