Prospective validation of cerebrospinal fluid bilirubin in suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-144

  Chao, Che Yung ^a   Florkowski, Christopher M ^b   Fink, John N ^a   Southby, Sandra J ^b   George, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VALIDITY;

BILIRUBIN; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 34047117321     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456307780117966     Document Type: Article

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