Concentrations of hepatocyte growth factor in cerebrospinal fluid under normal and different pathological conditions

Cytokine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 170-176

  Kern, Michael André ^a   Bamborschke, Stephan ^a   Nekic, Marko ^a   Schubert, Dominic ^a   Rydin, Carolina ^b   Lindholm, Dan ^b   Schirmacher, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Central nervous system; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Infection; Neurotrophic factor

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035820635     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.2001.0875     Document Type: Article

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