Adenosine deaminase and tuberculous meningitisA systematic review with meta-analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 198-207

  Tuon, Felipe Francisco ^a,b   Higashino, Hermes Ryoiti ^a   Lopes, Max Igor Banks Ferreira ^a   Litvoc, Marcelo Nóbrega ^a   Atomiya, Angela Naomi ^a   Antonangelo, Leila ^a   Leite, Olavo Munhoz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO EVANGÉLICO DE CURITIBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 76649126409     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365540903428158     Document Type: Article

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