Glycine and other neurotransmitter amino acids in cerebrospinal fluid in perinatal asphyxia and neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1137-1141

  Roldan A ^c   Figueras Aloy, J ^b   Deulofeu, R ^a   Jimenez R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aspartate; Excitatory amino acids; Glutamate; Glycine; Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy; Neurotransmitter; Newborn; Perinatal asphyxia; Taurine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPARTIC ACID; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TAURINE;

EID: 0032857114     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035259950168225     Document Type: Article

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