Ammonia and prognosis of cirrhosis: A new perspective for identifying high-risk patients

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¹ Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: lorenzo.ridola@uniroma1.it.
² Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.

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Lorenzo Ridola et al. J Hepatol. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb;78(2):e69-e70.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.09.007. Epub 2022 Sep 21.

¹ Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: lorenzo.ridola@uniroma1.it.
² Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.

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Keywords: ammonia; cirrhosis; hepatic encephalopathy; mortality; sarcopenia.

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Tranah TH, Ballester MP, Carbonell-Asins JA, Jalan R, Shawcross DL. Tranah TH, et al. J Hepatol. 2023 Feb;78(2):e70-e71. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.10.025. Epub 2022 Nov 2. J Hepatol. 2023. PMID: 36334687 No abstract available.

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