Significance of the molar ratio of branched-chain amino acids to tyrosine before hepatectomy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 45, 2002, Pages 774-777

  Kohashi, Toshihiko ^a   Itamoto, Toshiyuki ^a   Katayama, Koji ^a   Katayama, Shigeru ^a   Hino, Hiroshi ^a   Nakahara, Hideki ^a   Tashiro, Hirotaka ^a   Asahara, Toshimasa ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Liver fibrosis; Molar ratio of branched chain amino acids to tyrosine

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; INDOCYANINE GREEN; TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; TYROSINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036016770     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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