Plasma citrulline levels in preterm neonates with necrotizing enterocolitis

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 563-566

  Ioannou, Harikleia P ^a   Diamanti, Elisavet ^a   Piretzi, Kalliopi ^a   Drossou Agakidou, Vasiliki ^a   Augoustides Savvopoulou, Persephone ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Necrotizing enterocolitis; Plasma citrulline; Preterm neonates; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

CITRULLINE;

AGE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREMATURITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACIDS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITRULLINE; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861675387     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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