Catecholamine content and in vitro catecholamine synthesis in peripheral human lymphocytes

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3553-3557

  Musso, Natale R ^a,b   Brenci, Sabrina ^a   Setti, Maurizio ^a   Indiveri, Francesco ^a   Lotti, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENSERAZIDE; CATECHOLAMINE; DISULFIRAM; DOPA; DOPAMINE; FUSARIC ACID; LEVODOPA; METIROSINE; NORADRENALIN; TYROSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; B LYMPHOCYTE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ALPHA-METHYLTYROSINE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BENSERAZIDE; CATECHOLAMINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISULFIRAM; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FUSARIC ACID; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; METHYLTYROSINES; NOREPINEPHRINE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TYROSINE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0029797351     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.10.3553     Document Type: Article

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