Elevated plasma kynurenine in Tourette syndrome

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 55-60

  Dursun, Serdar M ^a   Farrar, Gillian ^a   Handley, Sheila L ^a   Rickards, Hugh ^b   Betts, Tim ^b   Corbett, John A ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biopterin; kynurenine; neopterin; Tourette syndrome; tryptophan

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; KYNURENINE; NEOPTERIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPTERIN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYNURENINE; MALE; NEOPTERIN; REFERENCE VALUES; TOURETTE SYNDROME; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0028157471     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03160084     Document Type: Article

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