Increased interleukin-12 levels in human cerebrospinal fluid following severe head trauma

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 123-126

  Stahel, Philip F ^a   Kossmann, Thomas ^a   Joller, Helene ^a   Trentz, Otmar ^a   Morganti Kossmann, Maria C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Cytokines; Interleukin 12; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032547136     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00410-8     Document Type: Article

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