CSF spectrophotometry in questionable SAH: A continental divide

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-102

  Sandhaus, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEME;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; XANTHOCHROMIA;

BILIRUBIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646912815     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NCC:4:2:101     Document Type: Editorial

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