Increases in bcl-2 protein in cerebrospinal fluid and evidence for programmed cell death in infants and children after severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-204

  Clark, Robert S B ^a,b   Kochanek, Patrick M ^a,b   Adelson, P David ^a,b   Bell, Michael J ^a,b   Carcillo, Joseph A ^a,b   Chen, Minzhi ^a,b   Wisniewski, Stephen R ^a,b   Janesko, Keri ^a,b   Whalen, Michael J ^a,b   Graham, Steven H ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADOLESCENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROPROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033838399     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2000.106903     Document Type: Article

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