Valine/Glycine Ratio in Newborn Infants
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Neonatology
- Vol. 27 (1-2) , 56-60
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000240759
Abstract
The ratio of valine/glycine was measured in the umbilical cord blood of 213 newborn infants of singleton pregnancies. The results obtained in small-for-date and preterm infants are compared with those in normal-term infants. A parallel assessment was made of the valine/glycine ratio in venous blood of the mothers of all these infants. An abnormally high rate was found in a small number of infants and also in a few mothers. There did not appear to be any association between these abnormal results and intra-uterine growth retardation.Keywords
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