Blood-brain barrier phenylalanine transport and individual vulnerability in phenylketonuria

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1184-1191

  Möller, Harald E ^a   Weglage, Josef ^b   Wiedermann, Dirk ^b   Ullrich, Kurt ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Phenylalanine transport; Phenylalanine turnover; Phenylketonuria

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN METABOLISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344765524     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199811000-00004     Document Type: Article

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