Predictive values of β-trace protein (prostaglandin D synthase) by use of laser-nephelometry assay for the identification of cerebrospinal fluid

Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 571-577

  Bachmann, Gregor ^a   Petereit, Hela ^b   Djenabi, Uta ^b   Michel, Olaf ^b   Milhorat, Thomas H ^c   Hodge Jr , Charles J ^c   Gjerris, Flemming ^c   Olsen, Niels Vidiendal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Globulins; Trace protein; Cerebrospinal fluid; Prostaglandin H2 D isomerase; Protein isoforms

Indexed keywords

BETA TRACE PROTEIN; FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; LIPOCALIN; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CISTERNOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LASER NEPHELOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTORRHEA; PARANASAL SINUS; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINORRHEA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036523926     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200203000-00027     Document Type: Article

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