Levels of nitric oxide correlate with high levels of tumor necrosis factor α in cerebrospinal fluid samples from children with bacterial meningitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 876-878

  Van Furth, A Marceline ^b   Seijmonsbergen, Els M ^b   Groeneveld, Paul H P ^b   Van Furth, Ralph ^b   Langermans, Jan A M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030038567     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.5.876     Document Type: Article

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