The Neuropathology of Septic Shock

Brain Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-33

  Sharshar, Tarek ^a,b   Annane, Djillali ^a   De La Grandmaison, Geoffroy Lorin ^a   Brouland, Jean Philippe ^a   Hopkinson, Nicholas S ^b   Gray, Françoise ^a  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SEPTIC SHOCK;

EID: 1042265202     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2004.tb00494.x     Document Type: Article

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