title: Determination of HVA and 5-HIAA in ventricular CSF of patients with brain tumors.
abstract: Ventricular concentrations of homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) were evaluated in 17 patients suffering from brain tumor and 4 pseudo-tumor patients. Significant differences were observed in those patients in whom the tumor leads to a marked modified CSF dynamic. No relationship were on the contrary observed between VFP and HVA or 5-HIAA levels.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D006719:Homovanillic Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D006801:Humans; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D010648:Phenylacetates / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid
chemical_list: D010648:Phenylacetates; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D006719:Homovanillic Acid