Branched-chain amino acids and muscle ammonia detoxification in cirrhosis

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-220

  Dam, Gitte ^a   Ott, Peter ^a   Aagaard, Niels Kristian ^a   Vilstrup, Hendrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammonia; BCAA; Cirrhosis; Muscle metabolism; TCA cycle

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETOXIFICATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84878016256     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-013-9377-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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