Methionine adenosyltransferase activity in erythrocytes and spinal cord of patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 422-427

  Ekegren, T ^a   Askmark, H ^a   Aquilonius, S M ^a   Gomes Trolin, C ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Erythrocytes; Methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT); Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

EID: 0032816457     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7112     Document Type: Article

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