Comparison of β2-Transferrin and β-Trace Protein for Detection of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Nasal and Ear Fluids

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 661-663

  Schnabel, Claudia ^a,b   Di Martino, Ercole ^a   Gilsbach, Joachim M ^a   Riediger, Dieter ^a   Gressner, Axel M ^a   Kunz, Dagmar ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c DRK Krankenhaus Neuwied   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TRACE PROTEIN; BETA2 TRANSFERRIN; PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOMERASE; PROSTAGLANDIN R2 D ISOMERASE; PROSTAGLANDIN R2 D-ISOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CERUMEN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; NOSE MUCUS; ADOLESCENT; BODY FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHEMISTRY; EAR; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE CAVITY; OTORRHEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

FISTULA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY FLUIDS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 1542380122     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2003.024158     Document Type: Article

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