Tuberculous myelitis diagnosed by elevated adenosine deaminase activity in cerebrospinal fluid

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1068-1069

  Suda, Satoshi ^a   Ueda, Masayuki ^a   Komaba, Yuichi ^a   Yamazaki, Mineo ^a   Katsumata, Toshiya ^a   Katayama, Yasuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; GADOLINIUM; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD BIOPSY;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 48649089619     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.10.006     Document Type: Letter

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