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    Growth Failure in Cholestatic Rats: The Effect of Malnutrition on Insulin-Like Growth Factor I

    ABSTRACT: Low IGF-I levels are found in patients with chronic liver disease, but it is not known whether these reductions in IGF-I are secondary to hepatic dysfunction or to malnutrition. To determine whether ...

    Bruno P Descos, Susan A Berry, Harvey L Sharp, Cynthia R Gross in Pediatric Research (1989)

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    AMINO ACIDS IN INFANTS WITH NON-CORRECTED EXTRA-HEPATIC BILIARY ATRESIA (EBA)

    Feeding formulations which are enriched in branch chain amino acids (BCAA) and depleted in aromatic amino acids (AAA) and methionine (Met) are used in therapy of adults with hepatic encephalopathy (HE). These ...

    Sally A Weisdorf, John Fath, Deborah K Freese, Frank B Cerra in Pediatric Research (1984)