Bookeditor, Johannes Häberle.
Contents:
Foreword : current approach to hyperammonemia / Johannes Häberle
Ammonia metabolism in humans : production and removal / Daniel Rabier
Neurobiology of ammonia / Vicente Felipo
Ammonia toxicity to the brain / Olivier Braissant
Oxidative and nitrosative stress in ammonia neurotoxicity / Marta Skowroñska & Jan Albrecht
Preanalytical and analytical aspects of ammonia determination / Camilla Scott & Simon Olpin
Inherited disorders leading to hyperammonemia in children / Arunabha Ghosh & Andrew Morris
Inherited disorders leading to hyperammonemia in adults / Valerie Walker
Role of cerebral ammonia toxicity in hepatic encephalopathy / Natalia Qvartskhava, Markus S. Jördens, Boris Görg & Dieter Häussinger
Role of brain imaging for demonstrating ammonia-induced changes / Ileana Pacheco-Colón, Stanley Fricke & Andrea Gropman
Medical treatment of hyperammonemia / Marie-Cécile Nassogne & Marie-Françoise Vincent
Extracorporeal detoxifcation as a treatment of acute hyperammonemia / Nicholas Ah Mew & Marshall Summar
Organ and cell-based replacement therapy for the treatment of urea cycle disorders / Shirou Matsumoto & Fumio Endo
New treatment options for hyperammonemia / George A. Diaz.