The possible role of cerebrospinal fluid adenosine deaminase activity in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in adults

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-15

  Choi, Sang Ho ^a   Kim, Yang Soo ^a   Bae, In Gyu ^a   Chung, Jin Won ^a   Lee, Mi Suk ^a   Kang, Jae Myung ^a   Ryu, Jiso ^a   Woo, Jun Hee ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Cerebrospinal fluid; Meningitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0036139072     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(01)00159-7     Document Type: Article

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