Plasma amino acid levels in patients with colorectal cancers and liver cirrhosis with hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2003, Pages 1269-1273

  Lee, Jenq Chang ^a   Chen, Ming Jenn ^a   Chang, Chia Hao ^b   Tiai, Yeh Fung ^a   Lin, Pin Wen ^a   Lai, Houng Shi ^c   Wang, Shan Tair ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Chiali General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aromatic amino acid; Branched chain amino acid; Colorectal cancer; Essential amino acid; Gluconeogenic amino acid; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Non essential amino acid; Total amino acid

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CYSTINE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AMINO ACIDS; ARGININE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 0141428865     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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