Evaluation of ammonia metabolism in the skeletal muscles of patients with cirrhosis using N-13 ammonia PET

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 417-419

  Nishiguchi, Shuhei ^a   Shiomi, Susumu ^a   Kawamura, Etsushi ^a   Ishizu, Hirotaka ^a   Habu, Daiki ^a   Torii, Kenji ^a   Kawabe, Joji ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BCAA; Liver cirrhosis; N 13 ammonia; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; MORIHEPAMIN; NITROGEN 13;

AGED; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA FORMATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; JAUNDICE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUE; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041818296     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03006613     Document Type: Article

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