Effect of parenteral L-glutamine on muscle in the very severely Ill

Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 316-320

  Palmer, T E Allan ^a,b   Griffiths, Richard D ^a,b   Jones, Christina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critically ill; Glutamine; muscle; parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030152071     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(96)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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