Therapeutic efficacy of L-ornithine-L-aspartate infusions in patients with cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy: Results of a placebo-controlled, double-blind study

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1351-1360

  Kircheis, Gerald ^a,b   Nilius, Rüdiger ^a,c   Held, Constantin ^d   Berndt, Hans ^d   Buchner, Michael ^e   Görtelmeyer, Roman ^b   Hendricks, Rüdiger ^f   Krüger, Bertram ^g   Kuklinski, Bodo ^e   Meister, Helmut ^h   Otto, Hans Jürgen ^h   Rink, Christoph ^a,i   Rösch, Wolfgang ^j   Stauch, Sabine ^j  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b MERZ PHARMACEUTICALS GMBH   (Germany)

^c Hospital Max Uibeleisen   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e University Hospitals   (Germany)

^f Hospital   (Germany)

^g Hospital Fränkische Schweiz   (Germany)

^h Department of Internal Medicine   (Germany)

ⁱ Hospital   (Germany)

^j Nord West Hospital   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FRUCTOSE; MACROGOL; ORNITHINE ASPARTATE; PLACEBO; PROTEIN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA; DIPEPTIDES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; VEINS;

EID: 0031003989     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250609     Document Type: Review

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