Clinical Application of Rapid Assay of Interleukin-6 in Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy

The characteristics of influenza-associated encephalopathy is the high mortality and nimble progress with coma which appears in general cases within 48 hours. Most of patients show no abnormalities in the standard blood checks on admission or in early stage. In this study we investigated if a rapid...

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Main Authors: Mikage Nakamura, Gaku Yamanaka, Hisashi Kawashima, Yoshiaki Watanabe, Hiroaki Ioi, Yasuyo Kashiwagi, Kouji Takekuma, Akinori Hoshika, Mizuho Hayakawa, Shigeru Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2005-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2005/671609