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Free amino acids and calcium, magnesium and zinc levels in Friedreich's ataxia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

R.J. Huxtable ,
P. Johnson ,
S.E. Lippincott  and
A. Barbeau
R.J. Huxtable
Affiliation:
Departments of Pharmacology and Pathology, University of Arizona Healths Sciences Center, Tucson.
P. Johnson
Affiliation:
Departments of Pharmacology and Pathology, University of Arizona Healths Sciences Center, Tucson.
S.E. Lippincott
Affiliation:
Departments of Pharmacology and Pathology, University of Arizona Healths Sciences Center, Tucson.
A. Barbeau*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pharmacology and Pathology, University of Arizona Healths Sciences Center, Tucson.
*
Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, 110 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2W 1R7.
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Free amino acid levels and zinc, magnesium and calcium content have been determined in autopsy samples of 9 areas of the brain, two skeletal muscles, and the right ventricle, left ventricle and septum of the heart of a Friedreich's ataxia subject.

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C—BIOCHEMISTRY
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue S4 , November 1984 , pp. 616 - 619
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1984

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