STABLE ISOTOPES AS METABOLIC PROBES FOR NUTRITIONAL STUDIES IN NEONATES

Authors
YUDKOFF M NISSIM I
Citation
M. Yudkoff et I. Nissim, STABLE ISOTOPES AS METABOLIC PROBES FOR NUTRITIONAL STUDIES IN NEONATES, Clinics in perinatology, 22(1), 1995, pp. 97-109
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Clinics in perinatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00955108
Volume
22
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
97 - 109
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-5108(1995)22:1<97:SIAMPF>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Metabolic and nutritional studies with stable isotope tracers have pro ved valuable in the human newborn. This technique is acceptable ethica lly, because it does not expose the infant to radioactivity, and it is sensitive enough for the analysis of very small samples. The stable i sotope method has been especially applied to studies of neonatal carbo hydrate, protein, and energy metabolism.