Measurement of glycine in a brain and brain tumors by means of 1H MRS

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 190-199

  Bobek Billewicz, Barbara ^a   Hebda, Anna ^a   Stasik Pres, Gabriela ^a   Majchrzak, Krzysztof ^b   Zmuda, Elzbieta ^c   Trojanowska, Agnieszka ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c Oncology Centre in Bydgoszcz   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Central neurocytoma; Glycine; Long echo time; WHO grade II glioma

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLYCINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLITE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 77957688688     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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