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. 1955 Apr;34(4):622–628. doi: 10.1172/JCI103111

THE CEREBRAL AND PERIPHERAL UPTAKE OF AMMONIA IN LIVER DISEASE WITH AN HYPOTHESIS FOR THE MECHANISM OF HEPATIC COMA ^¹^,^²

Samuel P Bessman ^1,³, Alice N Bessman ^1,⁴

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