Aminoacid imbalance ratio in liver disease
Maqsood, R.; Zuberi, S.J.
Jpma. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 26: 145-146
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-9982 PMID: 824473 Document Number: 102886
Amino acid imbalance ratio was determined in apparently healthy Pakistanis and patients with hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver. The ratio was normal in 75% of the patients with actue viral hepatitis but in only 5% with cirrhosis of the liver. The ratio was abnormal in 25% cases of acute viral hepatitis possibly due to aminoaciduria. The abnormal ratio in cirrhosis of the liver indicated the functional capacity for albumin synthesis and correlated well with serum albumin concentration.