A randomized pilot trial of oral branched-chain amino acids in early cirrhosis: Validation using prognostic markers for pre-liver transplant status

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 790-797

  Kawamura, Etsushi ^a,b   Habu, Daiki ^a,b   Morikawa, Hiroyasu ^b   Enomoto, Masaru ^b   Kawabe, Joji ^a   Tamori, Akihiro ^b   Sakaguchi, Hiroki ^b   Saeki, Shigeru ^a   Kawada, Noritumi ^b   Shiomi, Susumu ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASIALOSCINTIGRAPHIC CLEARANCE INDEX; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD TUROCOTTE PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MELD SCORE; MODEL OF END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68349150495     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21758     Document Type: Article

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