Urinary N-methylnicotinamide and β-aminoisobutyric acid predict catch-up growth in undernourished Brazilian children

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Mayneris Perxachs, Jordi ^a   Lima, Aldo A M ^b   Guerrant, Richard L ^b,c   Leite, Álvaro M ^b   Moura, Alessandra F ^b   Lima, Noélia L ^b   Soares, Alberto M ^b   Havt, Alexandre ^b   Moore, Sean R ^d   Pinkerton, Relana ^c   Swann, Jonathan R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; 3-AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACID; N-METHYLNICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINAMIDE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BRAZIL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINE;

AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACIDS; BRAZIL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIACINAMIDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84955514505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19780     Document Type: Article

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