Human fetal amino acid metabolism at term gestation

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-160

  Van Den Akker, Chris H P ^a   Schierbeek, Henk ^a   Dorst, Kristien Y ^a   Schoonderwaldt, Ernst M ^b   Vermes, Andras ^b   Duvekot, Johannes J ^b   Steegers, Eric A P ^b   Van Goudoever, Johannes B ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; FETOPROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CESAREAN SECTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROXYLATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARBON ISOTOPES; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL PROTEINS; FETUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROXYLATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PHENYLALANINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TYROSINE;

EID: 58149394234     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26553     Document Type: Article

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