title: Procalcitonin might help in discrimination between meningeal neuro-Behçet disease and bacterial meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan. naoki@em.neurol.med.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nezu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Misu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itoyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008578:Meninges; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide