Free radicals in the cerebrospinal fluid are associated with neurological disorders including mitochondrial encephalomyopathy

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 937-947

  Ihara, Yuetsu ^a   Kibata, Masayoshi ^a   Hayabara, Toshiyuki ^a   Katayama, Shizuo ^a   Konishi, Hiroshi ^a   Miura, Kenzo ^a   Kohno, Masahiro ^b   Kawai, Motoko ^c   Yokoi, Isao ^c   Mori, Akitane ^c  

^a National Minamiokayama Hospital   (Japan)

^b JEOL LTD   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Cerebrospinal fluid; Electron spin resonance; Free radical; Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0031398305     PISSN: 10399712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216549700203381     Document Type: Article

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