Study Description
18 stable CAPD patients (5 patients were controls).
Effect of PD with dialysates that contained only Dextrose (n=8).
Effect of PD with dialysates that contained Dextrose + AA (n=5).
Forearm perfusion method (3H-Phenyalanine kinetics)
Muscle protein synthesis, breakdown and net protein balance
Garibotto et al, JASN: 1934-1943, March 2001