Urinary citrulline in very low birth weight preterm infants receiving intravenous nutrition

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1150-1154

  Bourdon, Aurélie ^a,b   Rougé, Carole ^a,b   Legrand, Arnaud ^b   Des Robert, Clotilde ^a,b   Piloquet, Hugues ^a,b   Vodovar, Michel ^c   Voyer, Marcel ^c   Rozé, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Darmaun, Dominique ^a,b  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

^b NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal function; GC MS; Premature infants; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CITRULLINE; CREATININE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

AGE; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS FEEDING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PREMATURITY; URINARY EXCRETION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CITRULLINE; ENERGY INTAKE; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRATES; NITRITES; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84869383108     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511006660     Document Type: Article

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