Usefulness of cerebrospinal fluid adenosine deaminase determination for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis;Utilidad de la determinación de adenosina deaminasa en líquido cefalorraquídeo para el diagnóstico de tuberculosis meníngea. Experiencia de 4 años en un hospital de Provincia

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 319-326

  Baró A, Michel ^a,b   Acevedo V, Loreto ^a   Lagos B, Maria Eugenia ^a  

^a Hospital Regional de Puerto Montt   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Diagnosis, laboratory; Nucleoside deaminases; Tuberculosis, meningeal

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0030090669     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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