Increased nerve growth factor serum levels in top athletes

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 228-231

  Bonini, Matteo ^a,b   Fioretti, Daniela ^b   Sargentini, Vittorio ^c   Giacco, Stefano Del ^d   Rinaldi, Monica ^b   Tranquilli, Carlo ^e   Bonini, Sergio ^b,f  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACOLOGY   (Italy)

^c ASL Roma A   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^f SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergy; Athlete; Nerve growth factor; Physical exercise; Sport

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ATHLETES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ITALY; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877759187     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31827ee6d5     Document Type: Article

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