Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 6 , Pages 459-462 , July 2010

Comparative analysis of cerebrospinal fluid adenosine deaminase in tuberculous and non-tuberculous meningitis

  • Ali Moghtaderi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Neurology Department, Imam-Ali Teaching Hospital, Zahedan 9815733169, Iran. Tel.: +98 541 3218016; fax: +98 541 3218848.
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  • Abbasali Niazi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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  • Roya Alavi-Naini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Center for Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
    • ,
  • Saideh Yaghoobi

      Affiliations

    • Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Clinical Research Development Center, Zahedan, Iran
    • ,
  • Behzad Narouie

      Affiliations

    • Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Clinical Research Development Center, Zahedan, Iran

Received 17 December 2008 ,Revised 7 December 2009 ,Accepted 10 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.12.006

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 6 , Pages 459-462 , July 2010

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