Tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β and interleukin-6 in cerebrospinal fluid from children with prolonged febrile seizures: Comparison with acute encephalitis/encephalopathy

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 407-411

  Ichiyama, T ^a,b   Nishikawa, M ^a   Yoshitomi, T ^a   Hayashi, T ^a   Furukawa, S ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031934336     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.2.407     Document Type: Article

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