Glutamine synthetase in cerebrospinal fluid, serum, and brain: A diagnostic marker for Alzheimer disease?

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1241-1246

  Tumani, Hayrettin ^a,c   Shen, Guoqiu ^b   Peter, James B ^b   Brüch, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Specialty Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032873640     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.10.1241     Document Type: Article

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