Serum free carnitine levels in children with kwashiorkor

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 562-565

  Aseo, I ^b   Tindimwebwa, G ^b   Agu, E ^a   Iputo, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

^b P Bag X1 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BREATH TESTS; CARNITINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FASTING; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KWASHIORKOR; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0033202059     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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