Glycine production in severe childhood undernutrition

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-149

  Jahoor, Farook ^a   Badaloo, Asha ^b   Reid, Marvin ^b   Forrester, Terrence ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Edematous severe childhood undernutrition; Glycine kinetics; Nonedematous severe childhood undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VALINE; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; DIET THERAPY; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; EDEMA; FEMALE; GLYCINE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFECTION; KWASHIORKOR; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; PROTEINS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33747421352     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/84.1.143     Document Type: Article

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