Supplementation with Synbiotics and/or Branched Chain Amino Acids in Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Pilot Randomised Placebo-Controlled Clinical Study

Introduction: Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is common in patients with cirrhosis and is characterised by reduced hepatic ammonia clearance. This is accompanied by alterations in gut bacteria that may be ameliorated with synbiotics (pro- and prebiotics). Branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) are thought t...

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Autores principales: Vidot, Helen, Cvejic, Erin, Finegan, Liam J., Shores, E. Arthur, Bowen, David G., Strasser, Simone I., McCaughan, Geoffrey W., Carey, Sharon, Allman-Farinelli, Margaret, Shackel, Nicholas A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31390762
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11081810

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31390762
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11081810

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