Cerebrospinal fluid interleukin 6 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Immunological parameter and comparison with inflammatory and non-inflammatory central nervous system diseases

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 194-199

  Sekizawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Openshaw, Harry ^b   Ohbo, Kazuyuki ^a   Sugamura, Kazuo ^a   Itoyama, Yasuto ^a   Niland, Joyce C ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC;

EID: 0032485033     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00228-1     Document Type: Article

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