Carnitine metabolism in patients with chronic liver disease

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 148-153

  Krähenbühl, Stephan ^a   Reichen, Jürg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; BILE ACID; BILIRUBIN; CARNITINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; URINARY EXCRETION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0031030732     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1997.v25.pm0008985281     Document Type: Article

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