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Nonne-Apelt reaction

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Sensitive, qualitative method for demonstrating fibrine-globuline in liquor cerebrospinalis. Based on semi-maturation of the liquor with ammonium sulphate.

Bibliography

  • M. Nonne, F. Apelt:
    Über fractionierte Eiweissausfällung in der Spinalflüssigkeit von Gesunden, Luetikern, functionell und organisch Nervenkranken und über ihre Verwertung zur Differentialdiagnose der Dementia paralytica, Tabes dorsalis, tertiären und abgelaufenen Syphilis.
    Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten, Berlin, 1908, 43: 433-460.

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