Amino acids and nitrite in ischemic brain stroke

Biogenic Amines

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-36

  Halawa, Ammar ^a   Baig, Shahid M ^b   Qureshi, G Ali ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid and plasma levels; Excitatory amino acids; Ischemic brain stroke patients; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0029870470     PISSN: 01688561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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