23.09.2023 | Scientific Letter
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leucine Rich Alpha-2 Glycoprotein in Children with Tubercular Meningitis with their Diagnostic and Prognostic Significance: A Prospective Study
verfasst von:
Rajniti Prasad, Hemlata Verma, Ragini Srivastava, Aishwarya, Animesh Kumar
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 3/2024
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Excerpt
To the Editor: Tubercular meningitis accounts for about 5% of all cases of tuberculosis, which occurs mostly due to hematogenous spread of tubercular bacilli to meninges and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) [
1]. Leucine rich alpha 2 glycoprotein (LRG) is a newer protein molecule that has been discovered to play an important role in the pathogenesis of meningitis [
2,
3]. …