An elderly autopsy case of influenza-associated encephalopathy

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 713-720

  Yoshimura, Hajime ^a   Imai, Yukihiro ^a   Beppu, Minako ^a   Ohara, Nobuyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Junya ^a   Kuzuya, Akira ^a   Yamagami, Hiroshi ^a   Kawamoto, Michi ^a   Kohara, Nobuo ^a  

^a KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; IL 6; Influenza type A virus; Influenza associated encephalopathy; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; OSELTAMIVIR; STEROID;

AGED; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COMA; DEATH; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEVER; GLIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLUENZA ASSOCIATED ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3; LUNG; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHOCK; STEROID THERAPY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; FATALITY; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN-6; LUNG; MALE;

EID: 59449110213     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.48.713     Document Type: Article

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