What is the most likely reason for a person to have abnormally high blood ammonia levels?

a. Liver dysfunction
b. Kidney dysfunction
c. Protein intake twice the RDA
d. Protein intake one-tenth the RDA
e. Hyperstimulation of the immune system


ANS: A

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