Inhibitory effect of branched-chain amino acid granules on progression of compensated liver cirrhosis due to hepatitis C virus

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-70

  Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Arase, Yasuji ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Suzuki, Fumitaka ^a   Akuta, Norio ^a   Hosaka, Tetsuya ^a   Murashima, Naoya ^b   Saitoh, Satoshi ^a   Someya, Takashi ^a   Tsubota, Akihito ^c   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Mishuku Hospital   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BCAA; Compensated liver cirrhosis; HCV; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; INTERFERON; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; TK 98; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; EDEMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SERUM ALBUMIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40149083901     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-007-2122-0     Document Type: Article

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