Clinical applications of alpha-lipoic acid in the management of neurological disorders besides carpal tunnel syndrome

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 401-402

  Kapoor, Shailendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; CISPLATIN; FRATAXIN; THIOCTIC ACID;

AGING; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BRAIN TISSUE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EVOLUTION; HEART; HUMAN; LETTER; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROPROTECTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PROTEIN SECRETION; RETINA CELL;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; THIOCTIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 70450177142     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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