Quantitative tests of nitrogen metabolism in cirrhosis: relation to other manifestations of liver disease.

Adult Amino Acids/blood Ammonia/blood Ammonium Chloride Aspartate Aminotransferases/blood Bilirubin/blood Cholesterol/blood Creatinine/blood Esophageal and Gastric Varices/diagnosis,metabolism Female Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/diagnosis,metabolism Hematocrit Hepatic Encephalopathy/diagnosis,metabolism Humans Hypertension, Portal/diagnosis,metabolism L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/blood Liver Cirrhosis/diagnosis,metabolism Male Middle Aged Nitrogen/metabolism Proteins/metabolism Prothrombin Time Serum Albumin/analysis Urea/biosynthesis

Amino Acids Proteins Serum Albumin Ammonium Chloride Ammonia Urea Cholesterol Creatinine L-Lactate Dehydrogenase Aspartate Aminotransferases Nitrogen Bilirubin