Serum citrulline is a simple quantitative marker for small intestinal enterocytes mass and absorption function in short bowel patients

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-182

  Jianfeng, Gong ^a   Weiming, Zhu ^a   Ning, Li ^a   Fangnan, Liu ^a   Li, Tan ^a   Nan, Luo ^a   Jieshou, Li ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citrulline; Intestinal failure; Short bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CITRULLINE; XYLOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXCRETION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; SMALL INTESTINE; X RAY;

ABSORPTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; CITRULLINE; ENTEROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; XYLOSE;

EID: 23144448946     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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