Branched-chain amino acids as a protein- and energy-source in liver cirrhosis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 313, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 405-409

  Moriwaki, Hisataka ^a   Miwa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tajika, Masahiro ^a   Kato, Masahiko ^a   Fukushima, Hideki ^a   Shiraki, Makoto ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMMONIA; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; LEUCINE;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETOXIFICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURVIVAL RATE; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0346996343     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.07.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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