The metabolic effects of enterally administered ribonucleic acids

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 527-530

  Rudolph, Frederick B ^a   Van Buren, Charles T ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHILD; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; INFANT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RNA;

EID: 0032196547     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075197-199811000-00009     Document Type: Article

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