Interleukin-12 and interferon-γ are not detectable in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 118-120

  Ford, Lara S ^a   Rowe, Dominic B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cytokines; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; TH1 CELL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 3843130871     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820410019125     Document Type: Article

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