Plasma Amino Acid Patterns in Hepatic Encephalopathy of Differing Etiology

Gastroenterology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1977, Pages 483-487

  Rosen, Harvey M ^a   Yoshimura, Norman ^a   Hodgman, Jane M ^a   Fischer, Josef E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMA; THERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACIDS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NITROGEN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0017581531     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(77)80261-8     Document Type: Article

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