Decreased cerebrospinal fluid levels of substance P in patients with Rett syndrome

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 978-981

  Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a   Nagamitsu, Shinichiro ^a   Yamashita, Yushiro ^a   Murakami, Yoshihiko ^a   Kimura, Akihiko ^a,c   Sakai, Tetsuo ^b   Shoji, Hiroshi ^a   Kato, Hirohisa ^a   Percy, Alan K ^d  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Chikugo Hospital   (Japan)

^c Ashikita Inst for the Handicapped   (Japan)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUBSTANCE P;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RETT SYNDROME;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETT SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0031439761     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410420621     Document Type: Article

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