Neonatal hypersusceptibility to endotoxin correlates with increased tumor necrosis factor production in mice

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 168-176

  Cusumano, Vitaliano ^b   Mancuso, Giuseppe ^b   Genovese, Francesco ^b   Cuzzola, Maria ^b   Carbone, Maria ^b   Cook, James A ^b   Cochran, Joel B ^b   Teti, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Istituto di Microbiologia   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEMALE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030969574     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514019     Document Type: Article

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