title: Brain edema and intracranial hypertension: a focus for the use of liver support systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Lakeside Veterans' Affairs Medical Center and Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, U.S.A.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Blei
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D019149:Bioreactors; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D005973:Glutamine / Q000378:metabolism; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D019164:Liver, Artificial; D013552:Swine; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D005973:Glutamine; D000641:Ammonia