Late-evening snack with branched-chain amino acids improves liver function after radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 658-667

  Morihara, Daisuke ^a   Iwata, Kaoru ^a   Hanano, Takayuki ^b   Kunimoto, Hideo ^a   Kuno, Shizuka ^c   Fukunaga, Atsushi ^a   Yotsumoto, Kaoru ^a   Takata, Kazuhide ^d   Tanaka, Takashi ^e   Sakurai, Kunitoshi ^a   Iwashita, Hideyuki ^a   Ueda, Shu Ichi ^a   Hirano, Genryu ^a   Yokoyama, Keiji ^a   Nakane, Hidetoshi ^b   Nishizawa, Shinya ^a   Yoshikane, Makoto ^e   Anan, Akira ^d   Takeyama, Yasuaki ^a   Kakumitsu, Shigeru ^b   Kitamura, Yuji ^c   Sakamoto, Masaharu ^a   Irie, Makoto ^a   Shakado, Satoshi ^a   Sohda, Tetsuro ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^e   Sakisaka, Shotaro ^a   more..

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuseikai Hospital   (Japan)

^c Fukuoka City Medical Association Hospital   (Japan)

^d Hakujyuji Hospital   (Japan)

^e FUKUOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acid; Child Pugh score; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINO ACID; AMINOLEBAN; BILIRUBIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LATE EVENING SNACK; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

EID: 84862253149     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2012.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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