IgG subclasses intrathecal synthesis patterns in eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis;Patrones de síntesis intratecal de subclases de IgG en meningoencefalitis eosinofílica por Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 506-509

  Dorta Contreras, Alberto Juan ^a,e   Noris Garcia E ^b   Escobar Perez X ^b   Duenas Flores A ^c   Mena Lopez R ^d  

^a Lab Ctrl Liquido Cefalorraquideo   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ONCOLOGÍA Y RADIOBIOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

^c Hosp Pediatrico S M del Padron   (Cuba)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^e NONE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Albumin; Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Blood cerebrospinal fluid cerebrospinal fluid barrier; Cerebrospinal fluid; Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis; IgG subclasses; Intrathecal synthesis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0346221353     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3606.2002473     Document Type: Article

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