Urinary pyrrole in health and disease

Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 96-98

  Jackson, James A ^a   Riordan, Hugh D ^b   Neathery, Sharon ^b   Riordan, Neil H ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; MAGNESIUM; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PENICILLAMINE; PYRIDOXINE; PYRROLE; ZINC;

HUMAN; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030790995     PISSN: 03170209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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