Metabolic clearance rate of arginine vas
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José A. Solis-Herruzo; Amelia Gonzalez-Gamarra; Gregorio Castellano; Maria Teres
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Article
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1992
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Metabolic clearance rate and half-time of arginine vasopressin were measured in 43 cirrhotic patients and 10 control subjects. Synthetic arginine vasopressin was infused intravenously at a rate of 500 pg/min/kg of body weight for 75 min. The metabolic clearance rate was significantly reduced, and th