The requirements of protein & amino acid during acute & chronic infections

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-148

  Kurpad, Anura V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Amino acid supplementation; Infection; Protein requirement; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARGININE; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; CYTOKINE; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; NITROGEN; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VACCINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANOREXIA; CATABOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KWASHIORKOR; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; MELIOIDOSIS; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PARASITOSIS; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; WHEAT;

AMINO ACIDS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETARY PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PROTEINS;

EID: 33749489573     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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