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Comparison between tryptophan methoxyindole and kynurenine metabolic pathways in normal and preterm neonates and in neonates with acute fetal distress

Antonio Muñoz‐Hoyos, Antonio Molina‐Carballo, M. Macías, T. Rodríguez‐Cabezas, Encarnación Martin-Medina, E. Narbona‐López, A Valenzuela-Ruiz, Darío Acuña‐Castroviejo

European Journal of Endocrinology · 1998 · 28 citations · 32 references

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Abstract

The results indicate the existence of an imbalance in tryptophan metabolites in preterm infants and those with fetal distress, blunting the normal diurnal/nocturnal rhythm of both melatonin and kynurenines.

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