Ten-day course of sodium pyruvate infusions in patients with chronic liver diseases (CLD)

Japanese Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 115-125

  Mateva, L ^a   Petkova, I ^b   Petrov, K ^b   Beniozef, D ^a   Bojilova, M ^b   Vankova, L ^b   Thorn, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lactate; Liver function; Sodium pyruvate

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; TACHYCARDIA; THIRST;

EID: 0030404463     PISSN: 03863603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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