Quality of amino acid solutions for preterm infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 865-866

  Van Den Akker, C H P ^a   Te Braake, F W J ^a   Rovekamp Abels W W ^a   Van Goudoever, J B ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; UREA;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CATABOLISM; CHILD GROWTH; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; LETTER; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BABY FOOD; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NOTE; PROTEIN INTAKE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERM BIRTH;

AMINO ACIDS; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 42949094244     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3804     Document Type: Letter

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