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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 21, 2005; 11(43): 6792-6799
Published online Nov 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i43.6792
Published online Nov 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i43.6792
Table 3 Changes in laboratory and neuropsychological tests after BCAA and placebo administration
| BCAA group | Placebo group | |||||||
| Before | After | Before | After | |||||
| Laboratory variables | ||||||||
| Plasma ammonia (µM/L) | 35 ± 20 | (9 - 79) | 31 ± 14 | (8 - 54) | 36 ± 20 | (7 - 74) | 37 ± 14 | (17 - 58) |
| BCAA to tyrosine ratio | 3.7 ± 1.2 | (2.3 - 7) | 16.7 ± 3.4b | (13.1 - 24.6) | 3 ± 1.3 | (1.3 - 5.6) | 3.1 ± 1.3 | (1.6 - 5.7) |
| Neuropsychological test | ||||||||
| Trail making test (s) | 49 ± 16 | (34 - 77) | 47 ± 13 | (30 - 72) | 50 ± 16 | (25 - 72) | 51 ± 15 | (29 - 75) |
| Digit symbol test (goss point) | 38 ± 10 | (21 - 53) | 45 ± 14 | (21 - 71) | 37 ± 15 | (19 - 63) | 40 ± 14 | (23 - 61) |
- Citation: Yamamoto M, Iwasa M, Matsumura K, Nakagawa Y, Fujita N, Kobayashi Y, Kaito M, Takeda K, Adachi Y. Improvement of regional cerebral blood flow after oral intake of branched-chain amino acids in patients with cirrhosis. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(43): 6792-6799
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v11.i43.6792