Axonal injury, a neglected cause of CNS damage in bacterial meningitis

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 509-511

  Nau, Roland ^a,b   Gerber, Joachim ^a   Bunkowski, Stephanie ^a   Brück, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AXONAL INJURY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 1042299823     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000106826.82670.30     Document Type: Article

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