Uptake of [N-methyl-11C]propionyl-L-carnitine (PLC) in human myocardium

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 511-517

  Cunningham, Vincent J ^a   Rosen, Stuart D ^a   Boyd, Heather ^a   Osman, Safiye ^a   Davenport, Raymond J ^a   Gunn, Roger N ^a   Pike, Victor W ^a   Camici, Paolo G ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPIONYLCARNITINE; TRACER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNTHESIS;

ADULT; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CARNITINE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0030423701     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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