Acute manifestations and neurologic sequelae of Epstein-Barr virus encephalitis in children.

Background: Complications of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection are diverse and include a number of neurologic manifestations such as meningitis, meningoencephalitis, cerebellitis, cranial neuritis and others. In general encephalitis caused by…

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Intravenous N-acetylcysteine and lung glutathione of patients with pulmonary fibrosis and normals.

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by a huge alveolar oxidant burden and a deficiency of glutathione, a major antioxidant, in the pulmonary epithelial lining fluid (ELF). Therefore, a rational…

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