Homocarnosine elevations: A cause or a sign of seizure control?

Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 698-699

  Henry, Thomas R ^a   Theodore, William H ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CHLORIDE ION; HOMOCARNOSINE; LACTAM; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN LEVEL; CHLORIDE CURRENT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE, EPILEPSY AND CONVULSION; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0035957296     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.56.6.698     Document Type: Editorial

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