Editorial: Citokines and inflammation markers in ischemic stroke

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 14, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 3547-3548

  Tuttolomondo, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ASTROCYTE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EDITORIAL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; STROKE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; STROKE;

EID: 59849089956     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161208786848829     Document Type: Editorial

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