Diagnostic relevance of β2-transferrin for the detection of cerebrospinal fluid fistulas

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1178-1184

  Warnecke, Athanasia ^a   Averbech, Thomas ^a   Wurster, Ulrich ^a   Harmening, Meike ^a   Lenarz, Thomas ^a   Stöver, Timo ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA2 TRANSFERRIN; FLUORESCEIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINORRHEA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; MIDDLE AGED; OTORRHEA; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 5644221414     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.130.10.1178     Document Type: Article

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