Neopterin, biopterin, and nitric oxide concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid of children with central nervous system infections

Brain and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 200-202

  Azumagawa, Kohji ^a   Suzuki, Shuhei ^b   Tanabe, Takuya ^c   Wakamiya, Eiji ^b   Kawamura, Naohisa ^d   Tamai, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Yao Tokusyu kai General Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c Hirakata City Hospital   (Japan)

^d OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopterin; Central nervous system infection; Cerebrospinal fluid; Neopterin; Neurological sequelae; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; NEOPTERIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0037385028     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0387-7604(02)00217-6     Document Type: Article

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