Study of the plasmatic levels of tryptophan and kynurenine throughout pregnancy

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 393, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-133

  Alegre, Estibaliz ^a   López, Ana Sofía ^b   Díaz Lagares, Ángel ^a   González, Álvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Laboratory of IDI Novadiet Spain   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; KYNURENINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BLOOD SAMPLING; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYNURENINE; PREGNANCY; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 44449170778     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.03.011     Document Type: Letter

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