Ratio of Plasma Alpha Amino- n -Butyric Acid to Leucine as an Empirical Marker of Alcoholism: Diagnostic Value
- 16 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 197 (4309), 1183-1185
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.561441
Abstract
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.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: