ABNORMAL EXPRESSION OF GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE IN PRETERM INFANTS

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HUME, R
BURCHELL, A
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[1] UNIV EDINBURGH,DEPT CHILD LIFE & HLTH,EDINBURGH EH8 9YL,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
[2] UNIV DUNDEE,CTR RES HUMAN DEV,DEPT OBSTET & GYNAECOL,DUNDEE DD1 4HN,SCOTLAND
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10.1136/adc.68.2.202
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R72 [儿科学];
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The hepatic microsomal glucose-6-phosphatase enzyme was studied in liver samples from 76 premature infants including 15 victims of sudden infant death syndrome. The data obtained were compared with glucose-6-phosphatase activity in liver samples from 95 term infants. In the majority of preterm infants up to 350 days of age the activity of the glucose-6-phosphatase enzyme was at or below the extreme low limit of the normal range in term infants. The premature infants with the lowest hepatic microsomal glucose-6-phosphatase activities are likely to be at risk of hypoglycaemic episodes during periods of relative starvation or stress.
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