Decreased plasma tryptophan in pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-50

  Schröcksnadel, Hans ^a   Baier Bitterlich, Gabriele ^a   Dapunt, Otto ^a   Wachter, Helmut ^a   Fuchs, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOPTERIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029992282     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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