Supplementation with a Combination of β-Hydroxy-βMethylbutyrate (HMB), Arginine, and Glutamine Is Safe and Could Improve Hematological Parameters

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-75

  Rathmacher, John A ^a   Nissen, S ^a   Panton, L ^a   Clark, R H ^b   Eubanks May, P ^c,d   Barber, A E ^c,d   D'Olimpio, J ^e   Abumrad, N N ^f  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ARGININE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA HYDROXY BETA METHYLBUTYRATE; BILIRUBIN; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEUCINE; MALTODEXTRIN; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRY SKIN; EMOTION; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARTBURN; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 1642375575     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014860710402800265     Document Type: Article

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