Detecting high ammonia levels in your blood can help doctors diagnose and treat liver disease before it progresses and becomes life threatening. Ammonia is a substance made of hydrogen and nitrogen.

Hyperammonemia is a condition in which a person has elevated levels of ammonia. Typical symptoms include irritability, vomiting, confusion, and other effects of swelling in the brain. People of all ...

DTX301, an investigational AAV8 gene therapy, significantly reduced 24-hour plasma ammonia levels in patients with late-onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. Topline data were announced from a ...