Plasma levels of nitric oxide related amino acids in demented subjects with Down syndrome are related to neopterin concentrations

Amino Acids

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 923-928

  Coppus, A M W ^a,b   Fekkes, D ^b   Verhoeven, W M A ^b,c   Tuinier, S ^c   Van Duijn, C M ^b  

^a Dichterbij Centre for the Intellectually Disabled   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VINCENT VAN GOGH INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Branched chain amino acids; Down syndrome; Neopterin; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; NEOPTERIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DOWN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPTERIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77951666984     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-009-0300-5     Document Type: Article

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