The effect of arginine supplementation on growth hormone release and intestinal mucosal growth after massive small bowel resection in growing rats

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1149-1153

  Hebiguchi, Tatsuzo ^a,b   Kato, Tetsuo ^a,b   Yoshino, Hiroaki ^a,b   Mizuno, Masaru ^a,b   Koyama, Kenji ^a,b  

^a School of Medicine ^*

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginine; Growth hormone secretion; Intestinal mucosal growth; Massive small bowel resection

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ELEMENT; GLYCINE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; ILEUM; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE VILLUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION;

EID: 0030713031     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90672-2     Document Type: Article

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