Albumin synthesis in cirrhotic subjects with ascites studied with carbonate-¹⁴C

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Abstract

The synthesis of serum albumin was measured in 19 patients with cirrhosis of the liver and ascites. Carbonate-14C was used to label the guanido carbon of arginine in albumin.

Authors

Marcus A. Rothschild, Murray Oratz, David Zimmon, Sidney S. Schreiber, Irwin Weiner, Adrian Van Caneghem