Serum amino acid profile in patients with acute pancreatitis

Amino Acids

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 225-231

  Sandstrom, P ^a   Trulsson, L ^a   Gasslander, T ^a   Sundqvist, T ^a   Von Dobeln, U ^b   Svanvik, J ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; L arginine; L citrulline; Nitric oxide; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACIDS; ARGINASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRITES; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44849132365     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-007-0557-5     Document Type: Article

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