Why pus is bad for the brain

Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-168

  Simon, Roger P ^a   Beckman, Joseph S ^a  

^a LEGACY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; ALLANTOIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URATE; URATE OXIDASE; URATE OXIDASE INHIBITOR;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EDITORIAL; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0037154140     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.58.2.167     Document Type: Editorial

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