The benefit of the supplementation of perioperative branched-chain amino acids in patients with surgical management for hepatocellular carcinoma: A preliminary study

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 204-209

  Okabayashi, Takehiro ^a   Nishimori, Isao ^a   Sugimoto, Takeki ^a   Iwasaki, Shinji ^a   Akisawa, Naoaki ^a   Maeda, Hiromichi ^a   Ito, Satoshi ^a   Onishi, Saburo ^a   Ogawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Kobayashi, Michiya ^a   Hanazaki, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acids; Chronic liver disease; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEBAN EN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CHOLESTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER SURGERY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37249035688     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9844-y     Document Type: Article

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