The analysis of cytokines in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in two cases of non-herpetic acute limbic encephalitis (NHALE)

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 162-169

  Takahashi, Teruyuki ^a   Kamei, Satoshi ^a   Miki, Kenji ^a   Ogawa, Katsuhiko ^a   Mizutani, Tomohiko ^a  

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Author keywords

Diffusion weighted images; Hippocampus amygdaloid body; Interleukin (IL) 6; Intravenous administration of high dose methylprednisolone; Non herpetic acute limbic encephalitis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHERPETIC ACUTE LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RETROGRADE AMNESIA;

EID: 0042311187     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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