The influence of alanine infusion on glucose production in 'malnourished' African children with falciparum malaria

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 455-460

  Dekker, E ^a   Romijn, J A ^a   Moeniralam, H S ^a   Waruiru, C ^b   Ackermans, M T ^a   Timmer, J G ^a   Endert, E ^a   Peshu, N ^b   Marsh, K ^b   Sauerwein, H P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KEMRI Clinical Research Centre   (Kenya)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFUSION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030849347     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/90.7.455     Document Type: Article

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