Taurine and osmoregulation: Platelet taurine content, uptake, and release in type 2 diabetic patients

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 60-64

  De Luca, G ^a   Calpona, P R ^a   Caponetti, A ^a   Romano, G ^a   Di Benedetto, A ^a   Cucinotta, D ^a   Di Giorgio, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0035180216     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/meta.2001.19432     Document Type: Article

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