Choline therapy in huntington chorea

Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1977, Pages 887-889

  Aquilonius, Sten Magnus ^a   Eckernas, Sven Ake ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE;

DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG THERAPY; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; PLASMA; THERAPY;

ADULT; CHOLINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0017660646     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.27.9.887     Document Type: Article

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