Pediatric Neurology
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 102-105 , August 2002

Neurotrophin-4 and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in cerebrospinal fluid from meningitis/encephalitis patients

  • Yoichi Tokunaga, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Ryutaro Kira, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Kira; Department of Pediatrics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kyushu University; 3-1-1 Maidashi; Higashi-ku; Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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  • Yasushi Takahata, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Kenjiro Gondo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Yumi Mizuno, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Fukuoka Children’s Hospital and Medical Center for Infectious Diseases; Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Tomonobu Aoki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Fukuoka Children’s Hospital and Medical Center for Infectious Diseases; Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Toshiro Hara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics; Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan

Received 12 June 2001 ,Accepted 11 January 2002.

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Pediatric Neurology
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 102-105 , August 2002

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