Free D- and L-amino acids in ventricular cerebrospinal fluid from Alzheimer and normal subjects

Amino Acids

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-269

  Fisher, G ^a   Lorenzo, N ^a   Abe, H ^b   Fujita, E ^c   Frey, W H ^d   Emory, C ^d   Di Fiore, M M ^e   D'Aniello, A ^f  

^a BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d 8100 34th Ave   (United States)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^f STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cerebrospinal fluid; D and L amino acids; Ventricular CSF

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DEXTRO AMINO ACID; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; DEXTRO SERINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031770236     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01318865     Document Type: Article

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