Arginine challenge unravels persistent disturbances of urea cycle and gluconeogenesis in abstinent alcoholics

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 372-378

  Hasselblatt, Martin ^a   Krampe, Henning ^a   Jacobs, Silke ^a   Sindram, Heike ^a   Armstrong, Victor W ^a   Hecker, Markus ^b   Ehrenreich, Hannelore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORNITHINE; UREA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA CYCLE; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ARGININE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CITRULLINE; ETHANOL; GLUCAGON; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORNITHINE; REFERENCE VALUES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 33745700811     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agl032     Document Type: Article

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