The longitudinal profile of CSF markers during external lumbar drainage

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1130-1133

  Tarnaris, A ^a   Toma, A K ^a   Chapman, M D ^b   Petzold, A ^b   Kitchen, N D ^a   Keir, G ^b   Watkins, L D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 ISOPROSTANE; ALBUMIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LACTIC ACID; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DINOPROST; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; LACTIC ACID; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TAU PROTEINS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 70349671303     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.171686     Document Type: Article

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