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hyperammonemia

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hyperammonemia /hy·per·am·mo·ne·mia/ (-am?o-ne´me-ah) a metabolic disturbance marked by elevated levels of ammonia in the blood.
hyperammonemia, hyperammoniemia
1. the presence of ammonia in excess of the normal range of concentration of ammonia in the blood.
2. a metabolic disorder marked by elevated levels of ammonia or ammonium ion in the blood. One of the effects of severe hepatic dysfunction. May cause hepatic encephalopathy.
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Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has approved AMMONUL(R) as an adjunctive therapy for the treatment of acute hyperammonemia and associated encephalopathy in patients with deficiencies in enzymes of the urea cycle.
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