Amino acid studies in transient acute polymorphic psychosis

Amino Acids

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-117

  Fekkes, D ^a   Pepplinkhuizen, L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute polymorphic psychosis; Amino acids; Serine; TSM ratio

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; SERINE; TAURINE;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030951248     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01386474     Document Type: Review

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