Vascular endothelial growth factor as a marker of disease activity in neurotuberculosis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-119

  Husain, Nuzhat ^a   Awasthi, Seema ^a   Haris, Mohd ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a   Husain, Mazhar ^b  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; CNS; Meningitis; Tuberculoma; VEGF

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROTUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 38749106123     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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