Dietary glutamate is almost entirely removed in its first pass through the splanchnic bed in premature infants

Pediatric Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-356

  Haÿs, Stéphane P ^a   Ordonez, Jorge M ^a   Burrin, Douglas G ^a   Sunehag, Agneta L ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FIRST PASS EFFECT; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; ISOTOPE LABELING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLANCHNIC NERVE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MILK, HUMAN; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 34548128812     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e318123f719     Document Type: Article

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