Clinical application of rapid assay of interleukin-6 in influenza-associated encephalopathy

Disease Markers

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 199-202

  Nakamura, Mikage ^a   Yamanaka, Gaku ^a   Kawashima, Hisashi ^a   Watanabe, Yoshiaki ^a   Ioi, Hiroaki ^a   Kashiwagi, Yasuyo ^a   Takekuma, Kouji ^a   Hoshika, Akinori ^a   Hayakawa, Mizuho ^a   Suzuki, Shigeru ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine storm; Influenza associated encephalopathy; Interleukin 6; Rapid assay

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 30444454673     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2005/671609     Document Type: Article

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