α-Tocopherol quinone level is remarkably low in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-8

  Tohgi, Hideo ^a   Abe, Takashi ^a   Saheki, Mika ^a   Yamazaki, Kinya ^a   Takahashi, Satoshi ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Free radicals; Vitamin E; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FREE RADICAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029670353     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12475-7     Document Type: Article

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