Competitive sustained exercise in humans, lymphokine activated killer cell activity, and glutamine - An intervention study

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 448-453

  Rohde, Thomas ^a   Asp, Sven ^a   MacLean, Dave A ^a   Pedersen, Bente K ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Leukocyte subpopulations; Lymphocyte proliferation; Lymphokine activated killer cell activity

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; CELL DIVISION; EXERTION; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS;

EID: 0031663536     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050444     Document Type: Article

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