Blood thiamine and thiamine phosphate ester concentrations in alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver diseases.
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Blood thiamine and thiamine phosphate ester concentrations in alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver diseases.
Thiamine state was investigated in patients with alcoholic liver disease, patients with various non-alcoholic liver diseases, and controls using a direct technique (thiochrome assay) to measure thiamine, thiamine monophospate, and the active coenzyme thiamine pyrophosphate in whole blood after isolating the fractions by ion exchange chromatography. Overall nutrition was similar in all groups as...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.289.6437.79