Age-related changes in serum amino acids concentrations in healthy individuals

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 861-870

  Kouchiwa, Takanori ^a   Wada, Keiko ^a   Uchiyama, Mari ^b   Kasezawa, Nobuhiko ^c   Niisato, Mitsuko ^c   Murakami, Hiromi ^c   Fukuyama, Kazue ^c   Yokogoshi, Hidehiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Normal value; Serum amino acid

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; CITRULLINE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LYSINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TYROSINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMINO ACIDS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867822166     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2011-0846     Document Type: Article

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