First clinical experience with β-trace protein (prostaglandin D synthase) as a marker for perilymphatic fistula

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 765-769

  Michel, Olaf ^a   Petereit, Hela ^a   Klemm, Eckart ^b   Walther, Leif Erik ^c   Bachmann Harildstad, Gregor ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fistula; Hearing Loss; Labyrinthine Fluids; Meningitis; Perilymph; Prostaglandin D

Indexed keywords

MARKER; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM PERFORATION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LASER NEPHELOMETRY; PERILYMPH; PERILYMPH FISTULA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYMPANOSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME TESTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FISTULA; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; LABYRINTH DISEASES; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PERILYMPH; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 27144513310     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221505774481228     Document Type: Article

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