Cytokine profiles in HIV seropositive patients with tuberculous meningitis [2]

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 598-599

  Patel, V B ^a   Bhigjee, A L ^a   Bill, P L A ^a  

^a Wentworth Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036830502     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.73.5.598     Document Type: Letter

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