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. 2011 Aug;32(7):E142; author reply E143.
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A2622. Epub 2011 Jun 30.

Acute hepatic (or hyperammonemic) encephalopathy: diffuse cortical injury and the significance of ammonia

A M McKinney, B Sarikaya, J Spanbauer, B D Lohman, E Uhlmann
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Acute hepatic (or hyperammonemic) encephalopathy: diffuse cortical injury and the significance of ammonia

A M McKinney et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011 Aug.
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