Plasma concentrations of amino acids in chronic schizophrenics treated with clozapine

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 167-171

  Tortorella, A ^a   Monteleone, P ^a   Fabrazzo, M ^a   Viggiano, A ^a   De Luca, B ^a   Maj, M ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Clozapine; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CLOZAPINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, NEUTRAL; CLOZAPINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0034760786     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054937     Document Type: Article

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