Occurrence of β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in. ALS/PDC patients from Guam

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 267-269

  Murch, S J ^a   Cox, P A ^a   Banack, S A ^a,b   Steele, J C ^c   Sacks, O W ^d  

^a NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Guam Memorial Hospital   (Guam)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

methylamino L alanine; Alzheimer's disease; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis PDC; Chamorro; Guam; Neurotoxin; Progressive neurodegenerative disease

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; AMINO ACID; NEUROTOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; GUAM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARKINSON DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GUAM; HUMANS; MALE; MARINE TOXINS; MICROCYSTINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTOXINS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS;

EID: 4644350389     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2004.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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