IL-6 in CSF during ventriculitis in preterm infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus

Infection

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 234-236

  Baumeister, F A M ^a   Pohl Koppe, A ^b   Hofer, M ^a   Kim, J O ^b   Weiss, M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CSF; IL 6; Preterm; Ventriculitis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREMATURITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0033867373     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s150100070043     Document Type: Article

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