Enteral glutamine supplementation for very low birth weight infants decreases morbidity

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 691-699

  Neu, J ^a   Roig, J C ^a   Meetze, W H ^a   Veerman, M ^a   Carter, C ^a   Millsaps, M ^a   Bowling, D ^a   Dallas, M J ^a   Sleasman, J ^a   Knight, T ^a   Auestad, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; CD16 ANTIGEN; GLUTAMINE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; TRAVASOL; UREA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SIMILAC; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030844172     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(97)70095-7     Document Type: Article

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