title: Ratio of plasma alpha amino-n-butyric acid to leucine as an empirical marker of alcoholism: diagnostic value.
abstract: The ratio of plasma alpha amino-n-butyric acid to leucine was raised in patients with both alcohol-related and nonalchol-related liver disease. This ratio appears to act as a relatively nonsensitive index of hepatocellular dysfunction rather than an index of alcoholism.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D000613:Aminobutyrates / Q000097:blood*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005215:Fasting; D006801:Humans; D007930:Leucine / Q000097:blood*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000613:Aminobutyrates; D007930:Leucine