Methionine metabolism in liver diseases

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1094-1095

  Finkelstein, James D ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EDITORIAL; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; FIBROGENESIS; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIVER; METABOLISM; NOTE;

HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; METHIONINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

EID: 0037797303     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.5.1094     Document Type: Editorial

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