Levels of transforming growth factor β1, tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin 6 in cerebrospinal fluid: Association with clinical outcome for children with bacterial meningitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 328-329

  Ichiyama, Takashi ^a   Hayashi, Takashi ^a   Nishikawa, Miki ^a   Furukawa, Susumu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030793111     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516909     Document Type: Article

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