Risk of meningitis with cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 902-905

  Daudia, Anu ^a   Biswas, Debabrata ^a   Jones, Nick S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Meningitis; Rhinorrhea

Indexed keywords

BETA2 TRANSFERRIN; FLUORESCEIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 37349010353     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711601206     Document Type: Article

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