Effects of dietary mixtures of amino acids on fetal growth and maternal and fetal amino acid pools in experimental maternal phenylketonuria

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 687-696

  Austic, Richard E ^a   Su, Chun Li ^a   Strupp, Barbara J ^a   Levitsky, David A ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Brain; DL methylphenylalanine; Fetus; Gestation; Large neutral amino acids; Phenylalanine; Phenylketonuria; Plasma; Rats

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHENYLKETONURIA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032955206     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.4.687     Document Type: Article

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