Cytokine expression in the brain in human cerebral malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1742-1746

  Brown, Heidi ^a   Turner, Gareth ^a   Rogerson, Stephen ^b,c   Tembo, Madalitso ^a   Mwenechanya, James ^c   Molyneux, Malcolm ^b,c   Taylor, Terrie ^c,d  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALARIA; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0032724012     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315078     Document Type: Article

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