Cerebrospinal fluid NOx (nitrite/nitrate) in RSV-infected children with CNS symptoms

Journal of Infection

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 299-301

  Morichi, Shinichiro ^a   Kawashima, Hisashi ^a   Ioi, Hiroaki ^a   Ushio, Masanobu ^a   Yamanaka, Gaku ^a   Kashiwagi, Yasuyo ^a   Takekuma, Kouji ^a   Hoshika, Akinori ^a   Watanabe, Yasuo ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Encephalopathy; Interleukin (IL) 6; NOx; Pediatric; RS virus infection

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; APNEA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NECK MUSCLE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SEIZURES;

EID: 72049132917     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.07.008     Document Type: Letter

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