Serum nitrite levels in Sri Lankan patients with leptospirosis

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-78

  Gunaratna, Rohini I ^a   Handunnetti, Shiroma M ^a   Bulathsinghalage, M R C ^a   Somaratne, Pranitha ^b   Jayanaga, Ananda ^c   de Silva, H J ^d   Rajapakse, Senaka ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Medical Research Institute Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

^c Base Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

NITRITE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NITRITE BLOOD LEVEL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SRI LANKAN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NITRITES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84857136515     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60250-2     Document Type: Article

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