THE CORD SERUM FREE AMINO ACID LEVELS IN APPROPRIATE AND SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE NEWBORN INFANTS OF MOTHERS WITHOUT CLINICAL MALNUTRITION IN ABIDJAN

Abstract. Reinhardt, M. C. and Burkhalter, J. F. (Department of Immunology, Institute of Child Health, London, England and Laboratoire Central, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vandois, Lausanne, Switzerland). The cord serum free amino acid levels in appropriate and small for gestational age newborn infants of mothers without clinical malnutrition in Abidjan. Acta Paediatr Scand, 69: 201, 1980.—The cord serum amino acid levels were determined in nine small for gestational age and fourteen appropriate for gestational age newborn infants of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Small for gestational age newborns had a significantly lower total amount of amino acids, but the characteristic deviation of the individual concentrations and the high glycine/valine ratio seen in experimental and clinical protein deficiency were not found.