Altered serum amino acid profiles in head and neck cancer

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 144-147

  Scioscia, Kenneth A ^a   Snyderman, Carl H ^a   Wagner, Robin ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLHISTIDINE; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031965784     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589809514654     Document Type: Article

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