The miniature pig as an animal model for the study of intestinal enzyme development

Pediatric Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 311-315

  Shulman, Robert J ^a,b   Henning, S J ^a,b   Nichols, B L ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; INTESTINE ENZYME; LACTASE; SUCRASE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CATTLE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DUODENUM; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; ILEUM; INTESTINE, SMALL; JEJUNUM; SUCRASE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 0023849729     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198803000-00016     Document Type: Article

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