Comparing the in vivo glycine fluxes of adolescent girls and adult women during early and late pregnancy

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 498-502

  Thame, Minerva ^a   Fletcher, Horace ^a   Baker, Tameka ^a   Jahoor, Farook ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy; First trimester; Glycine flux; Low birth weight; Third trimester

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN; AGE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FASTING; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GLYCINE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 77956215847     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510000784     Document Type: Article

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