Extracranial drainage of cerebrospinal fluid: A study of beta- transferrins in nasal and lymphatic tissues

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1313-1315

  Solomon, Philip ^a   Chen, Joseph ^a   D'Costa, Mario ^b   Gilbert, Ralph ^a   Davidson, Jean ^a   Johnston, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beta transferrin; Cerebrospinal fluid; Extracranial drainage; Lymphatics

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; NECK DISSECTION; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPY; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0032770173     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199908000-00024     Document Type: Article

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