High concentration of serum nitrite/nitrate obtained from patients with influenza-associated encephalopathy

Pediatrics International

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 705-707

  Kawashima, Hisashi ^a   Watanabe, Yasuo ^a   Ichiyama, Takashi ^b   Mizuguchi, Masashi ^c   Yamada, Naoto ^a   Kashiwagi, Yasuyo ^a   Takekuma, Kouji ^a   Hoshika, Akinori ^a   Mori, Takayuki ^d  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Influenza virus; Interleukin 6; Nitric oxide; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; TISSUE NECROSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036434393     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2002.01650.x     Document Type: Article

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