Elevated nitric oxide levels in childhood brain tumors

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 744-749

  Kao, Chung Lan ^a   Chiou, Shih Hwa ^a,b   Chen, Hong Shin ^a   Ho, Donald Ming Tak ^a   Chen, Chieh Fu ^c   Ho, Larry L T ^a   Lee, Meng Jer ^a   Wong, Tai Tong ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taoyuan Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Cerebrospinal fluid; Epilepsy; Hydrocephalus; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPENDYMOMA; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; NEUROTOXICITY; NICK END LABELING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFANT; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II;

EID: 0344740561     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0796-z     Document Type: Article

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