Preliminary study on the stability of beta-2 transferrin in extracorporeal cerebrospinal fluid

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-103

  Bleier, Benjamin S ^a   Debnath, Indranil ^b   O'Connell, Brendan P ^c   Alexander Vandergrift III, W ^c   Palmer, James N ^d   Schlosser, Rodney J ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta 2 transferrin; Cranial base surgery; Csf leak; Encephalocele; Protease

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MUCUS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 79959623212     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599810390887     Document Type: Article

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