Relationship between cerebrospinal fluid glucose and serum glucose

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 576-578

  Nigrovic, Lise E ^a   Kimia, Amir A ^a   Shah, Samir S ^b   Neuman, Mark I ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 84856769226     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1111080     Document Type: Letter

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