The application of the Mancini technique as a diagnostic test in the CSF of tuberculous meningitis patients

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Kashyap, Rajpal S ^a   Agarwal, Neha P ^a   Chandak, Nitin H ^a   Taori, Girdhar M ^a   Biswas, Saibal K ^a   Purohit, Hemant J ^a   Daginawala, Hatim F ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Marker proteins; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0036280290     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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