Amino acid concentration in dementia of the Alzheimer type and multi-infarct dementia

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-278

  Mochizuki, Yoko ^a   Oishi, Minoru ^a   Hara, Motohiko ^a   Takasu, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; GLYCINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; THREONINE; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACIDS; DEMENTIA, MULTI-INFARCT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029867250     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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