Pyrogenic cytokine interleukin-6 expression by a chordoid meningioma in an adult with a systemic inflammatory syndrome

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 555-558

  Denaro, Luca ^a   Di Rocco, Federico ^a   Gessi, Marco ^a   Lauriola, Libero ^a   Lauretti, Liverana ^a   Pallini, Roberto ^a   Fernandez, Eduardo ^a   Maira, Giulio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chordoid meningioma; Inflammatory syndrome; Interleukin 6; Pyrogenic cytokine; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHORDOID MENINGIOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; CHOROID TUMOR; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MENINGIOMA;

EID: 27244445776     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.3.0555     Document Type: Article

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