A controlled study of reverse transcriptase in serum and CSF of HIV-negative patients with ALS

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 1944-1946

  MacGowan, D J L ^a,c   Scelsa, S N ^a   Imperato, T E ^a   Liu, K N ^b   Baron, P ^b   Polsky, B ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HIV; HIV PROTEASE INHIBITORS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; INDINAVIR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

EID: 34249802918     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000263188.77797.99     Document Type: Article

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