Extracellular Levels of Amino Acids and Choline in Human High Grade Gliomas: An Intraoperative Microdialysis Study

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 325-334

  Bianchi, L ^a   De Micheli, E ^b   Bricolo, A ^b   Ballini, C ^a   Fattori, M ^a   Venturi, C ^a   Pedata, F ^a   Tipton, K F ^c   Della Corte, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aspartate; Epilepsy; Glutamate, GABA, leucine; Tumor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; PHENYLALANINE; TAURINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACIDS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; CHOLINE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0842301305     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NERE.0000010462.72557.6d     Document Type: Article

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