High levels of ammonia kill liver cells by damaging the mitochondria that power the cells. But this can be prevented using an existing drug due to start clinical trials, finds a new study in mice.

This causes a buildup of ammonia in the blood that eventually travels to the brain, causing confusion and disorientation. Sometimes, it may also result in a coma or death. Urea cycle disorders ...

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Sandra A. Banta-Wright, MN, RNC, NNP; Robert D. Steiner, MD Neonates with profound and prolonged hyperammonemia with coma due to urea cycle defect will have had a neurological insult to the brain ...