Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in tuberculous meningitis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 75-79

  Matsuyama, Wataru ^a   Hashiguchi, Teruto ^a   Umehara, Fujio ^a   Matsuura, Eiji ^a   Kawabata, Masaharu ^a   Arimura, Kimiyoshi ^a   Maruyama, Ikurou ^a   Osame, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Corticosteroid; Hydrochephalus; Inflammatory cell; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0035332918     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(01)00515-9     Document Type: Article

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