Threonine kinetics in preterm infants fed their mothers' milk or formula with various ratios of whey to casein

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-114

  Darling, Pauline B ^b   Dunn, Michael ^b   Sarwar, Gulam ^b   Brookes, Steve ^b   Ball, Ronald O ^b   Pencharz, Paul B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast milk; Infant feeding; Infant formula; Milk protein; Plasma threonine concentration; Preterm infants; Stable isotopes; Threonine flux; Threonine oxidation; Whey casein ratio

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; STABLE ISOTOPE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; KINETICS; NEWBORN; OXIDATION; PREMATURITY; WHEY;

EID: 0032894093     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.1.105     Document Type: Article

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