Supplementary Creatine as a Treatment for Gyrate Atrophy of the Choroid and Retina

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 304, Issue 15, 1981, Pages 867-870

  Sipilä, Ilkka ^a   Rapola, Juhani ^a   Simell, Olli ^a   Vannas, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CREATINE;

CHOROID GYRATE ATROPHY; EYE FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHY; HYPERORNITHINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; RETINA GYRATE ATROPHY; THERAPY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0019511040     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198104093041503     Document Type: Article

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