Excess glutamate levels in the cerebrospinal fluid predict clinical outcome of bacterial meningitis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 992-996

  Spranger, Matthias ^a   Schwab, Stefan ^a   Krempien, Sebastian ^a   Winterholler, Martin ^b   Steiner, Thorsten ^a   Hacke, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029798477     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550100066016     Document Type: Article

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