Enteral glutamine supplementation and dexamethasone attenuate the local intestinal damage in rats with experimental necrotizing enterocolitis

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 578-582

  Dilsiz, Alaeddin ^a   Çiftçi, Ilhan ^a   Aktan, T Murad ^a   Gürbilek, Mehmet ^a   Karagözoǧlu, Emrah ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Glutamine; Gut maturation; Necrotizing enterocolitis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUTAMINE; GROWTH FACTOR; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; INTESTINE INJURY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; GLUTAMINE; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MODELS, ANIMAL; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0242556657     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-003-0980-y     Document Type: Article

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