Reply to GC Ligthart-Melis et al.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 892-893

  Buijs, Nikki ^a   Brinkmann, Saskia J H ^a   Oosterink, J Efraim ^c   Luttikhold, Joanna ^a   Schierbeek, Henk ^c   Wisselink, Willem ^a   Beishuizen, Albertus ^a   Van Goudoever, Johannes B ^a   Houdijk, Alexander P J ^b   Van Leeuwen, Paul A M ^a   Vermeulen, Mechteld A R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANYLGLUTAMINE; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; STABLE ISOTOPE; DIPEPTIDE; GLUTAMINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY METABOLISM; LETTER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MALE; METABOLISM;

ARGININE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIPEPTIDES; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE;

EID: 84929658876     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.104778     Document Type: Letter

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