Comparison of cerebrospinal fluid obtained by ventricular endoscopy and by lumbar puncture in patients with hydrocephalus secondary to neurocysticercosis

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 376-379

  Torres Corzo, Jaime G ^a   Tapia Pérez, J Humberto ^a,b   Sánchez Aguilar, Martín ^b   Della Vecchia, Roberto Rodriguez ^a   Chalita Williams, Juan C ^a   Cerda Gutiérrez, Ricardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CENTRAL DR IGNACIO MORONES PRIETO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Monocytes; Neurocysticercosis; Neuroendoscopy; Ventricular and lumbar

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; GLUCARIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60649116973     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.11.020     Document Type: Article

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