Intrathecal immune response pattern for improved diagnosis of central nervous system involvement in trypanosomiasis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1475-1483

  Lejon, Veerle ^a   Reiber, Hansotto ^c   Legros, Dominique ^d   Djé, Norbert ^e   Magnus, Eddy ^a   Wouters, Ingrid ^a   Sindic, Christian J M ^b   Büscher, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d EPICENTRE   (France)

^e Projet Rech Cliniques T   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LACTIC ACID; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 0038217014     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374645     Document Type: Article

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