Serum α-NH2-butyric acid may predict spontaneous survival in pediatric acute liver failure

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-230

  Rudnick, David A ^a,v   Dietzen, Dennis J ^a   Turmelle, Yumirle P ^a   Shepherd, Ross ^a,v   Zhang, Song ^b   Belle, Steven H ^b   Squires, Rob ^c   Karpen, Saul ^d   Dell Olio, Dominic ^e   Squires, Robert ^f   Schneider, Ben ^f   Lobritto, Steven ^g   Jonas, Maureen ^h   Ng, Vick ⁱ   Subbarao, Girish ^j   Schwartz, Kathleen ^k   Dhawan, Anil ^l   Emre, Sukru ^m   Alonso, Estella ⁿ   Rosenthal, Philip ^o   Bucuvalas, John ^p   Yazigi, Nada ^p   Narkewicz, Michael ^q   Lopez, M James ^r   Rand, Liz ^s   Baez, Norberto Rodriguez ^t   Murray, Karen ^u   more..

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g Herbert Irving Compreh Cancer Ctr   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^j Indiana University Riley Hospital   (United States)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^m MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^t University of Texas Southwestern   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^v WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Animal; Biomarkers; Liver; Model

Indexed keywords

ADIPIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUTYRIC ACID; LEUCINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 10 MOUSE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLOMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 59649114726     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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