Possible link between higher ammonia levels, non-alcoholic fatty liver-related cirrhosis and diabetes: Are we missing chronic kidney disease?

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¹ Department of Medicine, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD, USA; Division of Transplant Hepatology, Avera Transplant Institute, Sioux Falls, SD, USA. Electronic address: m_elfiky@hotmail.com.
² Department of Medicine, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD, USA; Division of Transplant Hepatology, Avera Transplant Institute, Sioux Falls, SD, USA.

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Mohamed A Elfeki et al. J Hepatol. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb;78(2):e72.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.09.018. Epub 2022 Sep 30.

¹ Department of Medicine, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD, USA; Division of Transplant Hepatology, Avera Transplant Institute, Sioux Falls, SD, USA. Electronic address: m_elfiky@hotmail.com.
² Department of Medicine, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD, USA; Division of Transplant Hepatology, Avera Transplant Institute, Sioux Falls, SD, USA.

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