Cerebrospinal fluid adenosine deaminase activity: A complimentary tool in the early diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

Cerebrospinal Fluid Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kashyap, Rajpal S ^a   Kainthla, Rani P ^a   Mudaliar, Anju V ^a   Purohit, Hemant J ^b   Taori, Girdhar M ^a   Daginawala, Hatim F ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AMMONIA; INDOPHENOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 33646436748     PISSN: 17438454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8454-3-5     Document Type: Article

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