Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy and Febrile Convulsions

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-17-9-4

Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy and Febrile Convulsions

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 17 (2003): Issue 9

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Sep 2003

Abstract

The transcription of cytokine genes in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) of 23 children (mean age 3.2 years) with influenza (mostly type A) complicated by encephalopathy (11 patients) or febrile convulsions (12 patients) was compared with systemic cytokine responses in 23 (mean age 5.0 years) with influenza but without neurologic complications, in a study at Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-17-9-4 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 68 - 70

Published on: Sep 1, 2003

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Peripheral Blood Leukocytes,

Tumor Necrosis Factor,

Polymerase Chain Reaction

© 2003 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 17 (2003): Issue 9