Long-term oral administration of branched chain amino acids after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: A prospective randomized trial

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1525-1531

  Nagasue, N ^a   Yu Chung, C ^b   Fukuda, T ^b   Hamazoe, R ^b   Handa, Y ^b   Hayashi, T ^b   Horisawa, H ^b   Kanamori, H ^b   Kawaguchi, H ^b   Kishi, K ^b   Kishimoto, H ^b   Kohno, H ^b   Kubota, H ^b   Kudo, H ^b   Kuratsuka, H ^b   Mishima, I ^b   Miyazaki, Y ^b   Nishimura, O ^b   Okita, K ^b   Takeuchi, T ^b   Taniguchi, H ^b   Yoshioka, H ^b   Yukaya, H ^b   Yumura, M ^b   Watanabe, S ^b   more..

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLATELET COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9844240488     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800841109     Document Type: Article

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