Protein metabolism in severe childhood malnutrition

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-101

  Jahoor, Farook ^a   Badaloo, Asha ^b   Reid, Marvin ^b   Forrester, Terrence ^b  

^a CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE; ALANINE DERIVATIVE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ANTIOXIDANT; CYSTEINE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; NONESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; OXIDIZING AGENT; PHENYLALANINE; PREALBUMIN; SERINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VALINE; VITAMIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; KWASHIORKOR; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEVERE CHILDHOOD MALNUTRITION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; EDEMA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; KWASHIORKOR; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; PROTEINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 48749126802     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532808X302107     Document Type: Review

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