Plasma cysteine and sulphate levels in patients with motor neurone, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 1990, Pages 216-220

  Heafield, M Thomas ^b   Fearn, Simon ^a   Steventon, Glyn B ^a   Waring, Rosemary H ^a   Williams, Adrian C ^b   Sturman, Steven G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cysteine; Motor neuron; Parkinson's disease; Plasma; Sulphate

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CYSTEINE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PARKINSON DISEASE; SULFATES;

EID: 0025165272     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(90)90814-P     Document Type: Article

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