Evaluation of the carbon 13-labeled Ketoisocaproate breath test to assess mitochondrial dysfunction in patients with high alcohol consumption

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1792-1795

  Hannestad, U ^a   Pahlsson P ^a   Bendtsen, Preben ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcoholic Liver Disease; Breath Test; Ketoisocaproate; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; HEXANOIC ACID;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEATOSIS;

EID: 0344505800     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03982.x     Document Type: Article

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