Supplementation of branched-chain amino acids maintains the serum albumin level in the course of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 230, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 191-196

  Kakazu, Eiji ^a,b   Kondo, Yasuteru ^a   Kogure, Takayuki ^a   Ninomiya, Masashi ^a   Kimura, Osamu ^a,b   Iwata, Tomoaki ^a   Morosawa, Tatsuki ^a   Iwasaki, Takao ^a   Shimosegawa, Tooru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albumin; Amino acid imbalance; Branched chain amino acids; Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINOLEBAN EN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; LIVACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID TO TYROSINE RATIO; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER INJURY; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT CHANGE;

AGED; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 84880952697     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.230.191     Document Type: Article

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