Beta-2-transferrin and cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-264

  Nandapalan, V ^a   Watson, I D ^b   Swift, A C ^c  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beta 2 transferrin; Cerebrospinal fluid leaks; Rhinorrhoea

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; MALE; NOSE SECRETION; PERILYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA;

EID: 0030037092     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.1996.tb01737.x     Document Type: Article

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