Stroke secondary to meningococcal meningitidis: A potential link between endothelial dysfunction and cytokines [2]

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 283-284

  De Souza, Alexandre Leite ^a   Seguro, Antonio Carlos ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; UPREGULATION;

CYTOKINES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; STROKE;

EID: 39049142962     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2007.36     Document Type: Letter

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