Phenylalanine can be detected in brain tissue of healthy subjects by 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 683-692

  Pietz, Joachim ^a   Lutz, T ^a   Zwygart, K ^b   Hoffmann, G F ^a   Ebinger, F ^a   Boesch, C ^b   Kreis, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PHENYLALANINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOADING TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHENYLKETONURIA; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0348149001     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOLI.0000005648.75276.71     Document Type: Article

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