Intrathecal humoral immune response in pediatric patients with meningoencephalitis due to Coxsackie B5;Respuesta inmune humoral intratecal en pacientes pediatricos con meningoencefalitis por Coxsackie B5

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 739-741

  Dorta Contreras, A J ^a  

^a Hospital Pediatrico San Miguel   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier; Cerebrospinal fluid; Coxsackie B5; Immunoglobulins; Meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0032947648     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.2808.99020     Document Type: Article

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