Long-term enteral glutamine supplementation in very low birth weight infants: Effects on growth parameters

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-44

  Korkmaz, Ayşe ^a   Yurdakök, Murat ^a   Yiǧit, Şule ^a   Tekinalp, Gülsevin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amino acid supplementation; Growth; Nutrition; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; LIPOFUNDIN; TROPHAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREMATURITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUTAMINE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE;

EID: 34247092529     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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