Erythrocyte and plasma levels of glutamate and aspartate in children affected by migraine

Cephalalgia

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 652-657

  D'Eufemia, P ^a,b   Finocchiaro, R ^a   Lendvai, D ^a   Celli, M ^a   Viozzi, L ^a   Troiani, P ^a   Turri, E ^a   Giardini, O ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aspartate; Cortical spreading depression; Glutamate; Migraine

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPARTIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 0030866859     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1997.1706652.x     Document Type: Article

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