The optic nerve: A new window into cerebrospinal fluid composition?

Brain

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1027-1030

  Killer, H E ^a,b,c   Jaggi, G P ^b   Flammer, J ^a   Miller, N R ^d   Huber, A R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta trace protein; Cerebrospinal fluid; Optic nerve; Subarachnoid space

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NERVE SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 33645076260     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl045     Document Type: Article

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