Cerebrospinal Fluid Neopterin Analysis in Neuropediatric Patients: Establishment of a New Cut Off-Value for the Identification of Inflammatory-Immune Mediated Processes

• Marta Molero-Luis ,

  * E-mail: mmolerol@hsjdbcn.org

  Affiliation Clinical Biochemistry and Neuropediatrc Departments, University Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, and Centre for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain

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• Sergio Fernández-Ureña,

  Affiliation Intensive Pediatric Care Unit Service, University Hospital Saint Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

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• Iolanda Jordán,

  Affiliation Intensive Pediatric Care Unit Service, University Hospital Saint Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

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• Mercedes Serrano,

  Affiliation Clinical Biochemistry and Neuropediatrc Departments, University Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, and Centre for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain

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• Aida Ormazábal,

  Affiliation Clinical Biochemistry and Neuropediatrc Departments, University Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, and Centre for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain

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• Àngels Garcia-Cazorla,

  Affiliation Clinical Biochemistry and Neuropediatrc Departments, University Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, and Centre for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain

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• Rafael Artuch,

  Affiliation Clinical Biochemistry and Neuropediatrc Departments, University Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, and Centre for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain

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• the Neopterin working group

  ¶Membership of the Neopterin working group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

  Affiliations Clinical Biochemistry and Neuropediatrc Departments, University Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, and Centre for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain, Intensive Pediatric Care Unit Service, University Hospital Saint Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain, Molecular Microbiology Department, Microbiology Service, University Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

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