Movement disorders in encephalitis induced by Rhodococcus aurantiacus infection relieved by the administration of L-dopa and anti-T-cell antibodies

Immunology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-15

  Min, Y ^a   Asano, M ^a   Kohanawa, Masashi ^a   Minagawa, T ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LEVODOPA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHODOCOCCUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LEVODOPA; MICE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; RHODOCOCCUS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032917099     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1999.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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