Tryptophan and hepatic coma

Gastroenterology

Volumn 74, Issue 2 PART 1, 1978, Pages 196-200

  Ono, Jiroichi ^a,b   Hutson, Duane G ^a,b   Dombro, Roy S ^a,b   Levi, Joe U ^a,b   Livingstone, Alan ^a,b   Zeppa, Robert ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; HEPATIC COMA; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

AMINO ACIDS; BRAIN; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0017836676     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(78)90795-3     Document Type: Article

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