Can cerebrospinal fluid uric acid levels differentiate intraventricular hemorrhage from traumatic tap?

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 268-272

  Aliefendioǧlu, Didem ^a,c   Gürsoy, Tuǧba ^b   Hayran, K Mutlu ^b   Aslan, Ayşe Tana ^b  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intraventricular hemorrhage; Newborn; Traumatic tap; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC TAP; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URIC ACID;

EID: 33751167028     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094319     Document Type: Article

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