Serum alpha-1-antitrypsin levels in patients with Cuban epidemic neuropathy;Niveles séricos de alfa-1-antitripsina en pacientes con neuropatía epidémica Cubana

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1024-1026

  Dorta Contreras, Alberto Juan ^a   Sadule Mas F ^b   Balbuena Diaz H ^c   Sanchez Martinez C ^d   Guevara Sanchez A ^a   Delgado Fuentes, A ^a   Castellanos Marquez O ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Doctor Miguel Enriquez   (Cuba)

^b Policlin Docente JAMella   (Cuba)

^c Policlin Docente Lidia y Clodomira   (Cuba)

^d Hosp Clin Quirurgico Univ DrME   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Alpha 1 antitrypsin; Cuban epidemic neuropathy; Diabetic neuropathy; Mixed neuropathy; Peripheric neuropathy; Protease inhibitor alpha 1; Serum

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUBA; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SERUM; SMOKING;

EID: 0036968240     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3511.2002286     Document Type: Article

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