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Plasma tryptophan levels and anorexia in liver cirrhosis

DOI

56

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0

References

1997

Year

Alessandro Laviano, C. Cangiano, I. Preziosa, Oliviero Riggio, L. Conversano, Antonia Cascino, Serena Ariemma, Filippo Rossi Fanelli
International Journal of Eating Disorders

Abstract

Increased brain TRP availability is also associated with anorexia in liver cirrhosis, and supports the hypothesis that increased serotonergic activity may constitute the common pathogenic mechanism for anorexia associated with different diseases.