Early plasma amino acid pool alterations in patients with military gunshot/missile wounds

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Zunić, Gordana ^a   Savić, Jovan ^a   Ignjatović, Dragan ^a   Taseski, Jovan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BATTLE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRACTURE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MISSILE WOUND; MUSCLE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0029981929     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199603001-00033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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