Urinary glutamine/glutamate ratio as a potential biomarker of pediatric chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction

Urinary glutamine/glutamate ratio as a potential biomarker of pediatric chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction

Abstract Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is a rare intestinal motility disorder with significant morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients. The diagnosis of CIPO is difficult, because it is clinically based on the symptoms and signs of bowel obstruction which are similar to the clin...

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Main Authors: Jun-Kai Yan, Ke-Jun Zhou, Jian-Hu Huang, Qing-Qing Wu, Tian Zhang, Chao-Chen Wang, Wei Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-03-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Subjects:
Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
Short bowel syndrome
Urinary glutamine/glutamate ratios
Biomarker
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13023-017-0615-3

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