Cerebrospinal fluid viscosity: A novel diagnostic measure for acute meningitis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 892-895

  Yetkin, Funda ^a   Kayabas, Uner ^b   Ersoy, Yasemin ^b   Bayindir, Yasar ^b   Toplu, Sibel Altunisik ^b   Tek, Ibrahim ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

aseptic meningitis; bacterial meningitis; cerebrospinal fluid protein; cerebrospinal fluid viscosity; plasma viscosity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; VISCOSITY; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCTURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77956393106     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181ebe260     Document Type: Article

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