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983659

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
13N-ammonia, applied rectally, after absorption and transportation visualises the liver. After release of 13N-aminoacids and 13N-urea by the liver, 13N-activity can be measured over other organs. In patients with porta-systemic shunts, 13N-ammonia will appear in the systemic circulation as well. In 16 controls and 26 patients with cirrhosis, activities were measured for 20 minutes over liver, spleen, heart, lungs and forearm. In all subjects, the liver was visualised within a minute, in some patients with cirrhosis faintly, however. Release by the liver of 13N-ammonia metabolites started within a few minutes. Liver/heart activity ratios proved to be more discriminating between the control- and the cirrhosis group than liver/lung and liver/spleen ratios. In the control group, the 20 minutes' liver/heart ratio was most suitable for determining the normal range. The lower normal level was found to be 2.25. Fourteen of the 26 patients with cirrhosis had a normal, 12 an abnormally low 20 minutes' liver/heart ratio.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0300-970X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
308-18
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Rectal administration of 13N-ammonia in cirrhosis of the liver.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article