Is cerebrospinal fluid spectrophotometry useful in CT scan-negative suspected subarachnoid haemorrage?

European Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 226-229

  Gunawardena, H ^a   Beetham, R ^a   Scolding, N ^a   Lhatoo, S D ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haem pigments; Spectrophotometry; Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEME; METHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

BILIRUBIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; METHEMOGLOBIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 12544259080     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082162     Document Type: Article

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