Adult meningism and viral meningitis, 1997-2004: Clinical data and cerebrospinal fluid cytokines

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 1209-1212

  Nagafuchi, Masako ^a   Nagafuchi, Yoshiro ^a   Sato, Rumi ^a   Imaizumi, Toshihiro ^a   Ayabe, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Shoji, Hiroshi ^b   Ichiyama, Takashi ^c  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Cytokine; Headache; Meningism; Viral meningitis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGISM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGISM; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33845225382     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1769     Document Type: Article

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