Plasma and urinary free amino acid concentrations in preeclamptic women in northern Nigeria

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 342, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 179-185

  Glew, Robert H ^a   Melah, George ^b   El Nafaty, Aliyu I ^b   Brandt, Yekaterina ^a   Morris, D ^a   VanderJagt, Dorothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aminoaciduria; Hypertension; Nigeria; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NIGERIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 1542709510     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2003.12.028     Document Type: Article

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