Branched-chain amino acids supplements in the late evening decrease the frequency of muscle cramps with advanced hepatic cirrhosis

Hepatology Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-329

  Sako, Katsumi ^a   Imamura, Yasushi ^b   Nishimata, Hiroto ^a   Tahara, Kenji ^b   Kubozono, Osamu ^b   Tsubouchi, Hirohito ^c  

^a Nanpuh Hospital   (Japan)

^b Kagoshima Kouseiren Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acids; Hepatic cirrhosis; Nocturnal supplementation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CHOLINESTERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE CRAMP; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141727327     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(03)00152-9     Document Type: Article

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