Utility of CSF Cytokine/Chemokines as Markers of Active Intrathecal Inflammation: Comparison of Demyelinating, Anti-NMDAR and Enteroviral Encephalitis

• Kavitha Kothur,

  Affiliation Brain Autoimmunity group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Louise Wienholt,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Shekeeb S. Mohammad,

  Affiliation Brain Autoimmunity group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Esther M. Tantsis,

  Affiliation Brain Autoimmunity group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Sekhar Pillai,

  Affiliation Brain Autoimmunity group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Philip N. Britton,

  Affiliation Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Cheryl A. Jones,

  Affiliation Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Rajeshwar R. Angiti,

  Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Nepean Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Elizabeth H. Barnes,

  Affiliation NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Timothy Schlub,

  Affiliation Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Sushil Bandodkar,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Fabienne Brilot,

  Affiliation Brain Autoimmunity group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Russell C. Dale

  * E-mail: russell.dale@health.nsw.gov.au

  Affiliation Brain Autoimmunity group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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