Glutamate uptake is decreased in platelets from Alzheimer's disease patients

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 641-643

  Ferrarese, Carlo ^a   Begni, Barbara ^a   Canevari, Carla ^a   Zoia, Chiara ^b   Piolti, Roberto ^a   Frigo, Maura ^a   Appollonio, Ildebrando ^a   Frattola, Lodovico ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; GLUTAMATES; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034069313     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200005)47:5<641::AID-ANA12>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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