Serum amino acids as indicators of cerebrospinal neuronal activity in patients with micturition disorders

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1479-1483

  Nishijima, Saori ^a   Sugaya, Kimio ^a   Fukuda, Takashi ^b   Miyazato, Minoru ^a   Ashimine, Satoshi ^a   Ogawa, Yoshihide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Japan Organization of Occupational Health and Safe   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Cerebrovascular disease; Glycine; Serum; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL NERVES; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33751219573     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01653.x     Document Type: Article

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