Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Arterial Ischemic Stroke

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Riou, Emilie M ^a   Amlie Lefond, Catherine ^b   Echenne, Bernard ^c   Farmer, Marie ^c   Sébire, Guillaume ^c  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOSIS; NEUROBORRELIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; STROKE; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 36549000701     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.09.005     Document Type: Review

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