Effects of xylitol on urea synthesis in normal humans: Relation to glucagon

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-144

  Hamberg, Ole ^a,b   Almdal, Thomas Peter ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLUCAGON; NITROGEN; XYLITOL;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERGLUCAGONEMIA; INFUSION; LIVER CLEARANCE; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA CYCLE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029879503     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607196020002139     Document Type: Article

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