Urinary excretion of 5-L-oxoproline (pyroglutamic acid) during early life in term and preterm infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Jackson, Alan A ^a   Persaud, C ^a   Hall, M ^b   Smith, S ^b   Evans, N ^c   Rutter, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditionally essential amino acids; Glycine; Protein synthesis; glutamyl cycle

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLYCINE; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID;

EID: 0030843784     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.76.3.F152     Document Type: Article

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