Necrotizing toxoplasmic encephalitis in a child with the X-linked hyper- IgM syndrome

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 735-737

  Tsuge, I ^a   Matsuoka, H ^a   Nakagawa, A ^b   Kamachi, Y ^a   Aso, K ^a   Negoro, T ^a   Ito, M ^b   Torii, S ^a   Watanabe, K ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD40 ligand; Hyper IgM syndrome; Necrotizing toxoplasmic encephalitis

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA;

CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; NECROSIS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0031689805     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050925     Document Type: Article

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