Muscle metabolism and whole blood amino acid profile in patients with liver disease

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 674-680

  Dam, Gitte ^a   Sørensen, Michael ^a   Buhl, Mads ^a   Sandahl, Thomas D ^a   Møller, Niels ^a   Ott, Peter ^a   Vilstrup, Hendrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ammonia; Aromatic amino acids (AAA); branched chain amino acids (BCAA); inflammation; muscle metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALBUMIN; ARGININE; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BILIRUBIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HEMOGLOBIN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROTHROMBIN; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VALINE; AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACIDS; BIOMARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84943198542     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2015.1074276     Document Type: Article

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