A comparative study of nitric oxide, glutathione, and glutathione peroxidase activities in cerebrospinal fluid from children with convulsive diseases/children with aseptic meningitis

Brain and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 243-246

  Kawakami, Yasuhiko ^a,b   Monobe, Manami ^c   Kuwabara, Kentaro ^b   Fujita, Takehisa ^b   Maeda, Miho ^b   Fujino, Osamu ^b   Kojima, Shuji ^c   Fukunaga, Yoshitaka ^b  

^a Ageo Central General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Convulsive disease(s); Glutathione; Glutathione peroxidase; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

BRAIN; CATALASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 33644920703     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

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