Hepatic phenylalanine metabolism measured by the [13C]phenylalanine breath test

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 356-361

  Kobayashi, T ^a   Kubota, K ^a   Imamura, H ^a   Hasegawa, K ^a   Inoue, Y ^b   Takayama, T ^a   Makuuchi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child Pugh classification; Indocyanine green clearance test; Liver functional reserve; Phenylalanine breath test

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; INDOCYANINE GREEN; PHENYLALANINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; MALE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENYLALANINE;

EID: 0035064279     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2001.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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