Demyelination: The role of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species

Brain Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-92

  Smith, Kenneth J ^a   Kapoor, Raju ^a,b   Felts, Paul A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; IRON; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; PEROXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

EID: 0032950964     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1999.tb00212.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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