Ratio of branched chain amino acid to tyrosine after hepatectomy

Surgery Today

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 825-827

  Niguma, Takefumi ^a   Yumura, Masahito ^a   Yamasita, Yutaka ^a   Maeda, Kouji ^a   Kimura, Tosikazu ^a   Yamamura, Masao ^a   Kodani, Jyoji ^a  

^a Tottori City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acids; Fischer ratio; Liver resection

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; INDOCYANINE GREEN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0032782826     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02482339     Document Type: Article

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