Plasma concentration of taurine is higher in malnourished than control children: Differences between kwashiorkor and marasmus

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 442, Issue , 1998, Pages 487-494

  Lima, Lucimey ^a   Jaffé, Erica ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; TAURINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AMINO ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; TAURINE;

EID: 0031810289     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0117-0_58     Document Type: Article

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