Effects of late evening snack including branched-chain amino acid on the function of hepatic parenchymal cells in patients with liver cirrhosis

Hepatology Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 417-422

  Koreeda, Chizu ^a   Seki, Toshihito ^a   Okazaki, Kazuichi ^a   Ha Kawa, Sang Kil ^a   Sawada, Satoshi ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

99mTc GSA liver scintigraphy; Branched chain amino acid; Late evening snack; Liver cirrhosis; Nutritional therapy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; SERUM ALBUMIN; TYROSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE;

EID: 79955153357     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2011.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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