Cerebrospinal fluid levels of biopterin, nitric oxide metabolites, and immune activation markers and the clinical course of human cerebral malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1064-1068

  Weiss, Günter ^a   Thuma, Philip E ^b   Biemba, Godfrey ^b   Mabeza, George ^b   Werner, Ernst R ^b   Gordeuk, Victor R ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; DEFEROXAMINE; FANSIDAR; FREE RADICAL; NEOPTERIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO; QUININE; SCAVENGER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031969699     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515229     Document Type: Article

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