Serum bilirubin concentrations and multiple sclerosis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1355-1359

  Peng, Fuhua ^a   Deng, Xuhui ^a   Yu, Yang ^a   Chen, Xiaohong ^a   Shen, Liping ^a   Zhong, Xiufeng ^b   Qiu, Wei ^a   Jiang, Ying ^a   Zhang, Jie ^c   Hu, Xueqiang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Longchuan Chinese Medicine Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Bilirubin; Multiple sclerosis; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052094526     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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