Low plasma levels of docosahexaenoic acid in patients with liver cirrhosis and its correction with a polyunsaturated fatty acid-enriched soft oil capsule

Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 284-288

  Watanabe, Akiharu ^a   Saito, Seiji ^a   Tsuchida, Toshihiro ^a   Higuchi, Kiyohiro ^a   Okita, Misako ^b  

^a Fac Med   (Japan)

^b Okayama Prefectural University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver cirrhosis; Phospholipid; Polyunsaturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CAPSULE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AMMONIA; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0032933762     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(99)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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