High relative fat-free mass is important for maintaining serum albumin levels in patients with compensated liver cirrhosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1356-1360

  Kotoh, Kazuhiro ^a   Nakamuta, Makoto ^a   Fukushima, Marie ^a   Matsuzaki, Chitose ^a   Enjoji, Munechika ^a   Sakai, Hironori ^b   Nawata, Hajime ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albumin; Fat free mass (FFM); Liver cirrhosis; Multifrequency bioelectric impedance analysis; Muscular volume

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINESTERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 15844366606     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i9.1356     Document Type: Article

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