Defective nonoxidative leucine degradation and endogenous leucine flux in cirrhosis during an amino acid infusion

Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1357-1364

  McCullough, Arthur J ^a,b   Mullen, Kevin D ^a   Kalhan, Satish C ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LEUCINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CALORIMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KINETICS; LEUCINE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031786047     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280526     Document Type: Article

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