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Amino Acid Concentrations of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (part I)

ABSTRACT: To qualitatively and quantitatively analyze enterohepatically-circulated molecules using targeted amino acid concentrations of peripheral blood collected from primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) patients compared to normal and diseased controls. There are three groups of patients. (1) Normal donor controls (ND), (2) Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), and (3) Disease Controls (DC) which are patients with liver disease other than PSC.

ORGANISM(S): Human Homo Sapiens

TISSUE(S): Blood

SUBMITTER: Steven O'Hara

PROVIDER: ST000995 | MetabolomicsWorkbench | Thu Jul 05 00:00:00 BST 2018

REPOSITORIES: MetabolomicsWorkbench

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