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Original Article

Oxidative Damage and Motor Neurone Disease Difficulties in the Measurement of Protein Carbonyls in Human Brain Tissue

Leonid AS Lyras Neurodegenerative Disease Research Centre, King's College, Manresa Road, London, SW3 6LX, UK
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Patricia J. Evans Neurodegenerative Disease Research Centre, King's College, Manresa Road, London, SW3 6LX, UK
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Pamela J. Shaw Dept. of Neurology, The Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, NE2 4HH, UK
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Paul G. Ince MRC Neurochemical Pathology Unit, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE, UK
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Barry Halliwell Neurodegenerative Disease Research Centre, King's College, Manresa Road, London, SW3 6LX, UK
Pages 397-406 | Received 23 Oct 1995, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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