Vitamin B6 and vitamin c status in elderly patients with infections during hospitalization

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 344-352

  Pfitzenmeyer, P ^a   Guilland, J C ^b   D’athis, Ph ^c  

^a CHPG de Saint Chamond   (France)

^b Lab de Biochim Veg   (France)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Infectious diseases; Vitamin B6; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PYRIDOXINE; ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCORBIC ACID; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PYRIDOXINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030608709     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000178005     Document Type: Article

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