L-[1-13C] phenylalanine breath test reflects phenylalanine hydroxylase activity of the whole liver

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-42

  Ishii, Yukimoto ^a   Suzuki, Shigeru ^a   Kohno, Tomohisa ^a   Aoki, Masaru ^a   Kohno, Tadashi ^b   Ito, Asuka ^b   Takayama, Tadatoshi ^a   Asai, Satoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Frontier Technol Res Inst T   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breath test; L 1 13C phenylalanine; Liver cirrhosis; Phenylalaninehydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; LIVER ENZYME; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY SURFACE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE BREATHING; CARBON DIOXIDE EXCRETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0037966138     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4804(03)00135-5     Document Type: Article

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