Beta-trace protein concentration in cerebrospinal fluid is decreased in patients with bacterial meningitis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-8

  Tumani, Hayrettin ^a   Reiber, Hansotto ^a   Nau, Roland ^a   Prange, Hilmar W ^a   Kauffmann, Kirsten ^a   Mäder, Michael ^a   Felgenhauer, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta trace; Brain specific proteins; Cerebrospinal fluid; Meningitis; Prostaglandin D synthase

Indexed keywords

BETA TRACE PROTEIN; BRAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHELOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; AGED; BETA-GLOBULINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0032489006     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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