Automated measurement of cerebrospinal fluid bilirubin in suspected subarachnoid hemorrhage

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1854-1856

  Ungerer, Jacobus Petrus Johannes ^a   Southby, Sandra Jayne ^a   Florkowski, Christopher Michael ^a   George, Peter Myles ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

AUTOANALYSIS; BILIRUBIN; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 4644343667     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.033282     Document Type: Article

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