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In humans, taurine biosynthesis in liver is considered to be negligible. Therefore taurine could be conditionally essential for human infants and children (6). However, only a few studies have reported taurine values in healthy children as a function of age or in children suffering from diseases that might influence sulfur metabolism.
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Rödenbeck, D., Byrd, D.J., Brodehl, J. (1994). The Plasma Concentration and Renal Handling of Taurine in Healthy Children and in Pediatric Patients with Disturbed Sulfur Metabolism. In: Huxtable, R.J., Michalk, D. (eds) Taurine in Health and Disease. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 359. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1471-2_41
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