Plasma amino acids percentages in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 293-295

  Ilzecka J ^a   Stelmasiak, Z ^a   Solski, J ^a   Wawrzycki, S ^a   Szpetnar, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Plasma amino acids

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CITRULLINE; ETHANOLAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; POLAND;

AMINO ACIDS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 17644435150     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-003-0161-8     Document Type: Article

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