Brain and Development
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 196-200 , March 2012

Profiles of blood biomarkers in alternating hemiplegia of childhood – Increased MMP-9 and decreased substance P indicates its pathophysiology

  • Takehiko Inui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
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  • Yoshiaki Saito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 42 341 2711; fax: +81 42 346 1705.
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  • Hiroshi Sakuma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
    • Department of Immunology, National Institute of Neuroscience (NIN), NCNP, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Hideyuki Hatakeyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Retardation and Birth Defect Research, NIN, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Yu-ichi Goto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Retardation and Birth Defect Research, NIN, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Hidee Arai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chiba Children’s Hospital, Chiba, Japan
    • ,
  • Masayuki Sasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan

Received 14 February 2011 ,Revised 23 March 2011 ,Accepted 10 April 2011.

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PII: S0387-7604(11)00097-0

doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2011.04.008

Brain and Development
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 196-200 , March 2012

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