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Citrulline is an amino acid mainly produced by enterocytes from glutamine.
Citrullinemia ≤ 20μmol/L is a biomarker of enterocyte mass reduction, secondary to the reduction of small bowel length or secondary to villous atrophy diseases. A patient with low citrullinemia is probably at risk of enteral
1. Written informed consent must be obtained before any study specific procedures are undertaken.
2. The process of the experiment A. head and neck cancer patients with surgery and radiotherapy are identified in clinic at the Department of Dentistry and the Department of Radiotherapy in Kaohsiung
A. Introduction and Review of literature
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is broadly defined as an alteration in mental status and cognitive function occurring in presence of liver failure. The clinical picture of HE arises as a complication of chronic and, more rarely, acute liver disease. HE occurs in
The eligibility criteria for this study are as follows:
Interested participants will be asked to attend a screening interview during which the study procedures/risks/benefits will be explained, followed by a brief history and physical examination. If deemed necessary by the study investigator, a 7ml
Considerable interest has recently been generated on dietary fibers (DF), and soluble fibers have emerged both as a subject for research and therapeutic applications. The 'fiber hypothesis', put forward by Denis Bukitt and Hugh Trowel (1-4), suggests that consumption of unrefined carbohydrate food
Objective: Clinical as well as preclinical studies indicate that the process of developing alcohol dependence recruits a progressively aggravated hyperglutamatergic state, which in turn is a key signal for emotional dysregulations leading to craving and relapse, as well as neurotoxicity leading to