Urinary and plasma organic acids and amino acids in chronic fatigue syndrome

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 361, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 150-158

  Jones, Mark G ^a   Cooper, Elizabeth ^b   Amjad, Saira ^a,d   Goodwin, C Stewart ^a   Barron, Jeffrey L ^b   Chalmers, Ronald A ^a,c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood plasma; CFSUM1; CFSUM2; Depression; Rheumatoid arthritis; Urine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACIDS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 25644456094     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2005.05.023     Document Type: Article

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