Heating improves poor compliance with branched chain amino acid-rich supplementation in patients with liver cirrhosis: A before-after pilot study

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 983-987

  Itou, Minoru ^a   Kawaguchi, Takumi ^a,b   Taniguchi, Eitaro ^a   Shiraishi, Satomi ^a   Ibi, Ryoko ^a   Mutou, Michiko ^a   Okada, Teruyo ^a   Uchida, Yuki ^a   Otsuka, Momoka ^a   Oriishi, Tetsuharu ^a   Tanaka, Suiko ^a   Takakura, Machiko ^a   Mitsuyama, Keiichi ^a   Tsuruta, Osamu ^a   Sata, Michio ^a,b  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acids; Heating; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENATURATION; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEATING; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VENOUS BLOOD;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; KURUME;

EID: 73649133657     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr_00000202     Document Type: Article

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