Comparison of urinary amino acids and trace elements (copper, zinc and manganese) of recent neurolathyrism patients and healthy controls from Ethiopia

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 397-402

  Kuo, Yu Haey ^a   Defoort, Barbara ^a   Getahun, Haileyesus ^a   Tekle Haimanot, Redda ^c   Lambein, Fernand ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

aminoisobutyric acid; Grass pea; Lathyrus sativus; Neuro excitatory amino acid ODAP; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COPPER; MANGANESE; PHENYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LATHYRISM; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS SATIVUS; MALE; PEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COPPER; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATHYRISM; MALE; MANGANESE; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 33847227629     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2006.11.020     Document Type: Article

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