Age-specific distribution of plasma amino acid concentrations in a healthy pediatric population

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2397-2402

  Lepage, Nathalie ^a   Mcdonald, Nancy ^a   Dallaire, Louis ^a   Lambert, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CITRULLINE; CYSTINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA;

EID: 0031454302     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.12.2397     Document Type: Article

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