Relationship of plasma amino acids to nitrogen balance and portal-systemic encephalopathy in alcoholic liver disease

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1982, Pages 103-110

  Weber Jr , Fredrick L ^a,b   Reiser, Barbara J ^a,b  

^a LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NITROGEN BALANCE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; THERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0020083501     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01311702     Document Type: Article

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