Cerebrospinal fluid glucose and lactate: Age-specific reference values and implications for clinical practice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Leen, Wilhelmina G ^a   Willemsen, Michèl A ^a   Wevers, Ron A ^b   Verbeek, Marcel M ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PLASMA GLUCOSE RATIO; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LACTIC ACID CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; TODDLER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864655445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042745     Document Type: Article

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