Impairment of albumin and whole body postprandial protein synthesis in compensated liver cirrhosis

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 282, Issue 2 45-2, 2002, Pages

  Tessari, P ^a   Barazzoni, R ^a   Kiwanuka, E ^a   Davanzo, G ^a   De Pergola, G ^a   Orlando, R ^a   Vettore, M ^a   Zanetti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albumin synthesis; Compensated cirrhosis; Meal ingestion; Nonoxidative leucine disposal; Specific activity; ketoisocaproate

Indexed keywords

2 OXOISOCAPROIC ACID; ALBUMIN; BICARBONATE; CARBON 14; LEUCINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KINETICS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0036084667     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00333.2001     Document Type: Article

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