Nutrition Research
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 89-93, February 2009

A snack enriched with oral branched-chain amino acids prevents a fall in albumin in patients with liver cirrhosis undergoing chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma

  • Shigeyuki Takeshita

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    • The First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 95 819 7260; fax: +81 95 849 7270.
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  • Tatsuki Ichikawa

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    • The First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Kazuhiko Nakao

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Hisamitsu Miyaaki

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Hidetaka Shibata

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Toshihisa Matsuzaki

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Toru Muraoka

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Takuya Honda

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Masashi Otani

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Motohisa Akiyama

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Satoshi Miuma

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Esuke Ozawa

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Masumi Fujimito

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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  • Katsumi Eguchi

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan

Received 16 November 2008; received in revised form 16 December 2008; accepted 30 December 2008.

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PII: S0271-5317(09)00002-5

doi:10.1016/j.nutres.2008.12.005

Nutrition Research
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 89-93, February 2009

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