to study the interdependence of utilization of branched chain amino acids and glucose and of hyperinsulinaemia in patients with liver cirrhosis the plasma disappearance of glucose and amino acids was estimated in seven patients with cirrhosis and portocaval shunt and in seven healthy controls following infusion of glucose and essential amino acids during suppression of endogenous hormone release by somatostatin .
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branched chain amino acids
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amino acids