Childhood encephalopathy: Viruses, immune response, and outcome

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 294-300

  Clarke, Michael ^a   Newton, Richard W ^b   Klapper, Paul E ^c   Sutcliffe, H ^d   Laing, I ^d   Wallace, Geoff ^e  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e Mater Private Hospital Brisbane   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ALBUMINS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 33645034105     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206000636     Document Type: Article

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