Clinical significance of cytokine measurement for detection of meningitis

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 463-465

  Azuma, H ^a   Tsuda, N ^a   Sasaki, K ^a   Okuno, A ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030719914     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(97)80079-0     Document Type: Article

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