The effectiveness of choline citrate infusions monitored by lymphocyte transformation test (LTT) in multiple sclerosis. A new approach to the diagnosis and treatment of the disease

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-334

  Muss, Claus ^a   Stejskal, Vera ^b,c   Titel, Ekkehard ^d  

^a I GAP   (Austria)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Phönix Laboratory   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choline citrate; Lymphocyte transformation test (LTT); Multiple sclerosis; Myelin basic protein

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE CITRATE; CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; MYELIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEG MUSCLE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARESTHESIA; RELAPSE; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 70450285292     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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