Nitric oxide metabolites in CSF of patients with MS are related to clinical disease course

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1880-1882

  Svenningsson, Anders ^a   Petersson, A S ^b   Andersen, O ^b   Hansson, G K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CSF; Meningitis; MS; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0033544306     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.8.1880     Document Type: Article

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