Does glutamine contribute to immunosuppression after major burns?

The Lancet

Volumn 336, Issue 8714, 1990, Pages 523-525

  Parry Billings, M ^a   Calder, P C ^a   Newsholme, E A ^a   Evans, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; BURN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; BURNS; CELLS, CULTURED; GLUTAMINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0025150173     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)92083-T     Document Type: Article

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