Search for dissertations about: "meningo-encephalitis"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word meningo-encephalitis.

2. 1. Tick-borne encephalitis : on pathogenesis and prognosis

   Author : Göran Günther; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Human; tick-borne encephalitis; viral; meningo-encephalitis; cerebrospinal fluid; PCR; cytokines; immunoglobulin; SPECT; technetium-99m-HMPAO;

   Abstract : The general aim of the five studies presented in this thesis was to investigate the clinical outcome and prognosis and factors of importance for the pathogenesis of TBE compared to other aseptic meningo-encephalitis. In a prospective study 149 patients presenting with clinical symptoms of acute viral meningo-encephalitis between June 1991 and December 1993 were included. READ MORE

4. 2. Studies on the cytokine network in multiple sclerosis

   Author : Pia Kivisäkk; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Multiple sclerosis (MS) is considered to be an inflammatory immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system (CNS), the aetiology of which remains enigmatic. Cytokines produced by infiltrating inflammatory cells and resident cells in the brain are proposed to play a major role in directing and regulating the immune response, as well as mediating tissue damage. READ MORE

5. 3. Studies on cytokine mRNA expression in mononuclear cells in neuroimmunological diseases

   Author : Darius Matusevicius; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS), characterized by perivascular accumulation of blood mononuclear cells (MNC) and patchy demyelination. High levels of circulating myelin antigen specific T and B cells, with an accumulation in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), suggest the involvement of cytokines in the pathogenesis of MS. READ MORE