Acute ammonia intoxication 37 years after ureterosigmoidostomy. Export

@article{citeulike:300239, abstract = {Ureterosigmoidostomy causes hyperammonemia, which can, especially in the presence of hepatic disease, lead to metabolic encephalopathy and coma. In the case reported here, acute hyperammonemic encephalopathy developed 37 years after the operation, and responded promptly to oral neomycin therapy, with clinical and electroencephalographic resolution. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, not previously reported in this disorder, showed symmetric lesions of the white matter.}, address = {Department of Physiology and Biophysics, St. Anthony's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Fla.}, author = {Gilbert, G. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {300239}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3187636}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=3187636}, issn = {0038-4348}, journal = {South Med J}, keywords = {hyperammonemia}, month = {November}, number = {11}, pages = {1443--1445}, posted-at = {2005-08-22 09:03:08}, priority = {2}, title = {Acute ammonia intoxication 37 years after ureterosigmoidostomy.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3187636}, volume = {81}, year = {1988} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:300239 L3 - citeulike-article-id:300239 N2 - Ureterosigmoidostomy causes hyperammonemia, which can, especially in the presence of hepatic disease, lead to metabolic encephalopathy and coma. In the case reported here, acute hyperammonemic encephalopathy developed 37 years after the operation, and responded promptly to oral neomycin therapy, with clinical and electroencephalographic resolution. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, not previously reported in this disorder, showed symmetric lesions of the white matter. IS - 11 JF - South Med J SN - 0038-4348 AD - Department of Physiology and Biophysics, St. Anthony's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Fla. EP - 1445 TI - Acute ammonia intoxication 37 years after ureterosigmoidostomy. VL - 81 SP - 1443 KW - hyperammonemia AU - Gilbert, GJ PY - 1988/11// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3187636 ER -