β-trace protein test: New guidelines for the reliable diagnosis of cerebrospinal fluid fistula

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 508-517

  Meco, Cem ^a   Oberascher, Gerhard ^a   Arrer, Erich ^a   Moser, Gerhard ^a   Albegger, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA TRACE PROTEIN; CREATININE; FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CISTERNOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0242411023     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)01448-7     Document Type: Article

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