Increased endothelin levels in cerebrospinal fluid samples from adults with bacterial meningitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 329-330

  Pfister, Hans Walter ^a   Kocdel, Uwe ^a   Gorriz, Corinna ^a   Lorenzl, Stefan ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; PHOSPHORAMIDON;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASCULITIS; VASOSPASM;

EID: 16944365627     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516910     Document Type: Article

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