Faecal fatty acids and gastrointestinal upset in newborn infants

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-94

  Ahtonen, P ^a,b,c   Lehtonen, O P ^a   Kero, P ^a   Eerola, E ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL FLORA; COLONISATION; FAECAL SAMPLES; GAS-LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL; LONG CHAINS; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

FATTY ACIDS;

LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031020009     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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