Branched-chain amino acid supplementation complements conventional treatment for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1057-1060

  Taniguchi, Eitaro ^a   Kawaguchi, Takumi ^a   Shimada, Mari ^a   Kuwahara, Reiichiro ^a   Nagao, Yumiko ^a   Otsuka, Momoka ^a   Iwasaki, Shoko ^a   Matsuda, Tokiko ^a   Ibi, Ryoko ^a   Shiraishi, Satomi ^a   Itou, Minoru ^a   Oriishi, Tetsuharu ^a   Kumashiro, Ryukichi ^a   Tanaka, Shoko ^a   Saruwatari, Yuko ^a   Sata, Michio ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic fibrosis; Hepatocyte growth factor; Late evening snack; Liver failure; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINOLEBAN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERFERON; SULPERAZON;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NUTRITION; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARBAPENEMS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; PERITONITIS;

EID: 33746385820     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-8008-9     Document Type: Article

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