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Alcoholic Hepatitis Markedly Decreases the Capacity for Urea Synthesis

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Data on quantitative metabolic liver functions in the life-threatening disease alcoholic hepatitis are scarce. Urea synthesis is an essential metabolic liver function that plays a key regulatory role in nitrogen homeostasis. The urea synthesis capacity decreases in patients with...

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Autores principales: Glavind, Emilie, Aagaard, Niels Kristian, Grønbæk, Henning, Møller, Holger Jon, Orntoft, Nikolaj Worm, Vilstrup, Hendrik, Thomsen, Karen Louise
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4933397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27379798
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158388

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