Inflammatory cytokines in CSF in bacterial meningitis: Association with altered blood flow velocities in basal cerebral arteries

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-61

  Fassbender, Klaus ^a   Ries, Stefan ^a   Schminke, Ulf ^a   Schneider, Susanne ^a   Hennerici, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cytokines; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ENDOTHELIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROSTACYCLIN; THROMBOXANE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0030016354     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.61.1.57     Document Type: Article

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