An abnormal urinary excretion of glycine betaine may persist for years

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 798-801

  Lever, Michael ^a   Atkinson, Wendy ^a   George, Peter M ^a   Chambers, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Betaine; Dietary supplements; Homocysteine; Vascular diseases; Water electrolyte balance

Indexed keywords

BETAINE;

ABNORMAL URINE COMPOSITION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGED; BETAINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250749087     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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