Plasma homocysteine concentrations of preterm infants

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 65-71

  Hongsprabhas, Pranithi ^a   Saboohi, Farhad ^a   Aranda, Jak V ^b   Bardin, Claudette L ^b   Kovacs, Lajos B ^b   Papageorgiou, Apostolos N ^b   Hoffer, L John ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cystathionine; Cysteine; Homocysteine; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; SULFUR AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGING; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032768468     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014143     Document Type: Article

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