Liver protein and glutamine metabolism during cachexia

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 801-806

  Hulsewé, Karel W E ^a   Deutz, Nicolaas E P ^a   De Blaauw, Ivo ^a   Van Der Hulst, Rene R W J ^a   Von Meyenfeldt, Maarten M F ^a   Soeters, Peter B ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; PROTEIN;

CACHEXIA; HUMAN; LIVER; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

CACHEXIA; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; LIVER; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031183412     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS19970081     Document Type: Article

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