Decreased serum choline concentrations in humans after surgery, childbirth, and traumatic head injury

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 727-732

  Ulus, Ismail H ^a   Özyurt, Gürayten ^a   Korfali, Ender ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childbirth stress; Choline; Head trauma; Pregnancy; Serum choline; Surgical stress; Traumatic injury

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLINE; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0031947956     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022455325657     Document Type: Article

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