Developmental profile of serum nerve growth factor levels in Rett complex

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 601-605

  Calamandrei, Gemma ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^a   Hajek, Jousef ^a   Zappella, Michele ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nerve growth factor; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Preserved speech variant (PSV); Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROBIOLOGY; RETT SYNDROME; STEREOTYPY; BLOOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RETT SYNDROME; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS;

EID: 0035527514     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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