Urea kinetics in healthy women during normal pregnancy

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-181

  McClelland, Irene S M ^a   Persaud, Chandarika ^a   Jackson, Alan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15N urea; Pregnancy; Protein requirements; Urea kinetics

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROLYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN INTAKE; TIME; UREA CYCLE; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; UREA;

EID: 0030969061     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970022     Document Type: Article

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