A randomized pilot trial of oral branched-chain amino acids in early cirrhosis: validation using prognostic markers for pre-liver transplant status.

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Published in Liver Transpl on July 01, 2009

Authors

Etsushi Kawamura1, Daiki Habu, Hiroyasu Morikawa, Masaru Enomoto, Joji Kawabe, Akihiro Tamori, Hiroki Sakaguchi, Shigeru Saeki, Norifumi Kawada, Susumu Shiomi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan. etsushi-k@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp

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