Kidney, splanchnic, and leg protein turnover in humans: Insight from leucine and phenylalanine kinetics

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1481-1492

  Tessari, Paolo ^a,c   Garibotto, Giacomo ^b   Inchiostro, Sandro ^a   Robaudo, Cristina ^b   Saffioti, Stefano ^b   Vettore, Monica ^a   Zanetti, Michela ^a   Russo, Rodolfo ^b   Deferrari, Giacomo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Dept of Medicina Clinica ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

kidney; leucine kinetics; muscle; organ catheterization; splanchnic bed

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY METABOLISM; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0029744010     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118937     Document Type: Article

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