Optimizing blood pigment analysis in cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis of subarachnoid haemorrhage - a practical approach

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 193-197

  Alons, I M E ^a   Verheul, R J ^a   Ponjee, G A E ^a   Jellema, K ^a  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Blood pigments; Cerebrospinal fluid; Photospectometry; Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BLOOD PIGMENT; PIGMENT; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BILIRUBIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871651576     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03834.x     Document Type: Article

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