sICAM-1 in meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 3 A, 2006, Pages 589-591

  Dorta Contreras, Alberto Juan ^a,b,f   Lewczuc, Piotr ^c   Noris García, Elena ^a,b   Interián Morales, María Teresa ^d   Tarrau, María Esther Magraner ^d   Padilla Doca, Bárbara ^a,b   Escobar Pérez, Xiomara ^e  

^a Laboratorio Central de Líquido Cefalorraquídeo   (Cuba)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Dr Miguel Enriquez   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d Hospital Pediátrico San Miguel del Padrón   (Cuba)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ONCOLOGÍA Y RADIOBIOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

^f LABCEL   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Albumin; Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier; Eosinophils; Meningoencephalitis; sICAM 1

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; EOSINOPHILIA; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 33749512025     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2006000400011     Document Type: Article

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