Aids-associated vacuolar myelopathy and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα)

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 134-144

  Tan, S V ^a   Guiloff, R J ^a,c   Henderson, D C ^a   Gazzard, B G ^a   Miller, R ^b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cytokines; HIV1; Myelopathy; Paraparesis; Spinal cord disease; TNF

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 0029974677     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(95)00354-5     Document Type: Article

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