study of plasma amino acid pattern in patients with Schistosomal hepatic fibrosis

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out on thirty patients with Schistosomal hepatic fibrosis and ten non Schistosomal normal control. The results obtained showed, that there was a significant - increase in 3 plasma amino acids, methionine, phenyl alamine and tyrosine in the ascitics, and a significant rise in plasma methionine in the bleeders. All the Schistosomal cases showed a significant amino-aciduria. The significance of these changes are discussed