Reduced plasma citrulline levels in low birth weight infants with necrotizing enterocolitis

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 328-332

  Celik, Istemi Han ^a   Demirel, Gamze ^b   Canpolat, Fuat Emre ^c   Dilmen, Ugur ^c,d  

^a Mersin Maternity and Child Health Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Samsun Maternity and Child Health Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^d YILDIRIM BEYAZIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Necrotizing enterocolitis; Plasma citrulline; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PLASMA CITRULLINE; PREMATURE INFANTS;

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84880336975     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.21607     Document Type: Article

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