Serum carnitine, triglyceride and cholesterol profiles in Korean neonates

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 373-379

  Ahn, Eun Mi ^a   Cho, Soo Chul ^b   Lee, Myoungsook ^c   Cha, Youn Soo ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Sungshin Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carnitine; Cholesterol; Low birth weight infant; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KOREA; LIPID ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CARNITINE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MALE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 34447634685     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507708814     Document Type: Article

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