Infantile spasm: The effect of corticotropin (ACTH) on the free amino acid profile in cerebrospinal fluid

Brain and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-23

  Tekgül, Hasan ^a   Tütüncüoglu, Sarenur ^a   Çoker, Mahmut ^a   Çoker, Canan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Aspartate; Cerebrospinal fluid; Excitatory amino acid; Infantile spasm

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; ASPARTIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN; TETRACOSACTIDE ZINC PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMINO ACIDS; ASPARTIC ACID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 0344527926     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(98)00061-8     Document Type: Article

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