Cerebrospinal fluid nitrite plus nitrate correlates with tetrahydrobiopterin concentration

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-223

  Heales, S J R ^a,b   Canevari, L ^b   Brand, M P ^b   Clark, J B ^b   Land, J M ^a,b   Hyland, K ^c  

^a National Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; CYCLIC GMP; DOPAMINE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; SEROTONIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; HYPERPHENYLALANINEMIA; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INFANT; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SEROTONIN METABOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPTERIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NITRATES; NITRITES;

EID: 0033040745     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005540828706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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