Cerebrospinal fluid

Advances in Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 36, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Adam, Pavel ^a   Táaborský, Ludek ^a   Sobek, Ondrej ^a   Hildebrand, Thomas ^a   Kelbich, Petr ^b   Průocha, Miroslav ^a   Hyánek, Josef ^a  

^a NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b University in Ústí nad Labem   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LYME DISEASE; METABOLISM; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REVIEW;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0035236810     PISSN: 00652423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2423(01)36024-9     Document Type: Review

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