We repeatedly measured blood-brain barrier passage of phenylalanine, leucine, glucose and GABA in nine patients with hepatic encephalopathy using the intravenous double-indicator technique. Controls were four patients without liver disease and two of the patients who had recovered completely from th
Blood-brain barrier transport of amino acids in healthy controls and in patients with phenylketonuria
✍ Scribed by G. M. Knudsen; S. Hasselbalch; P. B. Toft; E. Christensen; O. B. Paulson; H. Lou
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 713 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0141-8955
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