Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy: A Complication of Gastric Bypass Surgery.

Varun Reddy; Jinal K Patel; Dilendra Weerasinghe; Johnathan Frunzi

doi:10.7759/CUREUS.9864

Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy: A Complication of Gastric Bypass Surgery.

Varun Reddy
, Jinal K Patel
, Dilendra Weerasinghe
, Johnathan Frunzi

HCA Florida Trinity Hospital

Internal Medicine, Medical Center of Trinity, Trinity, USA.
Surgery, Medical Center of Trinity, Trinity, USA.

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Original language	American English
Journal	Cureus
Volume	12
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/CUREUS.9864
State	Published - Aug 19 2020

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Surgery

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