Increased urinary excretion of nitric oxide metabolites in longitudinally monitored migraine patients

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1346-1351

  Rejdak, K ^a,b,c   Empl, M ^a   Giffin, N J ^a   Afridi, S K ^a   Petzold, A ^a   Stelmasiak, Z ^b   Thompson, E J ^a   Goadsby, P J ^a   Kaube, H ^a   Giovannoni, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^c MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Migraine; Neopterin; Nitrate; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Urinary monitoring

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NEOPTERIN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; VANADIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLITE; MIGRAINE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NEOPTERIN; NITRIC OXIDE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33750944941     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01509.x     Document Type: Article

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