How Useful is Glucose Detection in Diagnosing Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak? The Rational Use of CT and Beta-2 Transferrin Assay in Detection of Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistula

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-42

  Chan, Danny T M ^a   Poon, Wai Sang ^a   Ip, Chui Ping ^a   Chiu, Philip W Y ^a   Goh, Keith Y C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA2 TRANSFERRIN; GLUCOSE; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GLUCOSE ASSAY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUORRHEA; OTORRHEA; RHINORRHEA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0346964737     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60242-6     Document Type: Article

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