Fuller and Hoppel (1) observed hypercarnitinemia in 20 alcoholic cirrhotic patients in contrast to previous reports (2,3) in which normal or low carniine levels were detected. We measured serum carnitine levels by an enzymaticcolorimetric method (normal, 35 to 70 p M ) (4) in 15 HBsAg-positive nona
The γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) System and Hepatic Encephalopathy
✍ Scribed by Eugene Roberts
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 538 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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