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Science 16 September 1977:
Vol. 197. no. 4309, pp. 1183 - 1185
DOI: 10.1126/science.561441
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Science, Vol 197, Issue 4309, 1183-1185
Copyright © 1977 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Ratio of plasma alpha amino-n-butyric acid to leucine as an empirical marker of alcoholism: diagnostic value

MY Morgan, JP Milsom, and S Sherlock

The ratio of plasma alpha amino-n-butyric acid to leucine was raised in patients with both alcohol-related and nonalchol-related liver disease. This ratio appears to act as a relatively nonsensitive index of hepatocellular dysfunction rather than an index of alcoholism.


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