Increase of cerebrospinal fluid soluble interleukin-2 receptor index in a patient with atopy and syringohydromyelia

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 459-462

  Korematsu, Seigo ^a   Miyahara, Hiroaki ^a   Takaji, Maki ^a   Uchiyama, Shin Ichi ^a   Nagakura, Tomokazu ^a   Suenobu, Soichi ^a   Kojo, Masanobu ^a   Izumi, Tatsuro ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Atopic myelitis; Chiari malformation type I; Soluble interleukin 2 receptor; Syringohydromyelia

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HEPATIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 23844480906     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2005.02091.x     Document Type: Article

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