Immunonutrition: The role of arginine

Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 611-617

  Evoy, Denis ^a   Lieberman, Michael D ^a   Fahey III, Thomas J ^a   Daly, John M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Immunity; Infection; Macrophage; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE;

HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031869036     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(98)00005-7     Document Type: Article

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