Influence of alcohol on branched-chain amino acid/tyrosine molar ratio in patients with cirrhosis

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a,b   Mamata, Yukimitsu ^a   Mizuno, Hiroshi ^a   Tominaga, Tomonari ^a   Suga, Makoto ^a   Suemori, Shoichi ^a   Sato, Akira ^a   Suzuki, Michihiro ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; BCAA; BTR; Cirrhosis; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; INSULIN; TYROSINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TYROSINE;

EID: 0032062997     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.1998.22.s3_part1.137s     Document Type: Article

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