Elevated fecal calprotectin in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia indicates leaky gut

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1319-1322

  Leblhuber, Friedrich ^a   Geisler, Simon ^b   Steiner, Kostja ^a   Fuchs, Dietmar ^b   Schütz, Burkhard ^c  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Biovis Diagnostik MVZ GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Calprotectin; Leaky gut; Phenylalanine; Tryptophan; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; CALGRANULIN; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FECES; METABOLISM;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE L1 ANTIGEN COMPLEX; MALE; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

EID: 84939562169     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-015-1381-9     Document Type: Article

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