Serum type IV collagen increases with duration of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 430-432

  Houi, Kouji ^a   Kobayashi, Takaaki ^a   Kato, Shuichi ^b   Mochio, Soichiro ^a   Inoue, Kiyoharu ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Basement membrane; Type IV collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY;

EID: 0034004235     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200003)23:3<430::AID-MUS16>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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