The role of Helicobacter pylori as a cause of hyperammonaemia in cirrhotics has still not been fully clarified. This study was aimed at evaluating the effect of acute Helicobacter pylori urease inhibition by oral acetohydroxamic acid administration on blood ammonia levels in cirrhotic patients.

Helicobacter pylori and plasma ammonia levels in cirrhotics: role of urease inhibition by acetohydroxamic acid

Hassan, Cesare;
1998-01-01

Abstract

The role of Helicobacter pylori as a cause of hyperammonaemia in cirrhotics has still not been fully clarified. This study was aimed at evaluating the effect of acute Helicobacter pylori urease inhibition by oral acetohydroxamic acid administration on blood ammonia levels in cirrhotic patients.
1998
Aged
Ammonia
Female
Gastric Mucosa
Helicobacter Infections
Helicobacter pylori
Humans
Hydroxamic Acids
Liver Cirrhosis
Male
Middle Aged
Statistics
Nonparametric
Urease
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