Elevated CSF IL-6 in a patient with respiratory syncytial virus encephalopathy

Brain and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-120

  Otake, Yuko ^a   Yamagata, Takanori ^a   Morimoto, Yasuko ^a   Imi, Mari ^a   Mori, Masato ^a   Aihara, Toshinori ^a   Ichiyama, Takashi ^b   Momoi, Mariko Y ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Encephalopathy; Hemiconvulsion hemiplegia syndrome (HHS); IL 6; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GLYCEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; IODINE 123; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

BRAIN DISEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846509219     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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