Increased nitric oxide production in acute diarrhoea is associated with abnormal gut permeability, hypokalaemia and malnutrition in tropical Australian Aboriginal children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-120

  Kukuruzovic, R ^a   Brewster, David R ^a   Gray, E ^b   Anstey, N M ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Aboriginal children; Diarrhoea; Hypokalaemia; Intestinal permeability; Malnutrition; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; LACTULOSE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; RHAMNOSE;

ABORIGINE; ACIDOSIS; ACUTE DIARRHEA; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; TROPIC CLIMATE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0037622755     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90044-7     Document Type: Article

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