Effect of oral branched chain amino acid supplementation in the late evening on the nutritional state of patients with liver cirrhosis

Hepatology Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-204

  Yamauchi, Masayoshi ^a   Takeda, Kunihiko ^a   Sakamoto, Kazuhiko ^a   Ohata, Mitsuru ^a   Toda, Gotaro ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acid; Late evening meal; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLHISTIDINE; AMINOLEBAN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CREATININE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEAL; NIGHT; NITROGEN BALANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SUPPLEMENTATION; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0035152566     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(01)00105-X     Document Type: Article

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