| Literature DB >> 15607138 |
Naohiro Kawamura1, Hiroshi Nakajima, Shin-Ichi Takashi.
Abstract
The PEM (protein energy malnutrition) is an important factor for improvement of prognosis and QOL in the patients with liver cirrhosis. In 453 chronic liver disease patients, QOL decreased significantly according to the progression of disease assessed by SF-36 (Kruskal-Wallis test: p<0.05) Moreover, the QOL of patients with chronic liver diseases was improved in BCAA administration group (n=13) compared with non-administration group (n=12) after 6 months period. In conclusion, BCAA administration showed improvement of PEM and QOL of patient with chronic liver diseases.Entities:
Year: 2004 PMID： 15607138 DOI： 10.1016/j.hepres.2004.10.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hepatol Res ISSN： 1386-6346 Impact factor: 4.288