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Is semen a useful diagnostic tool for rare infections of the central nervous system?
Given that the blood-testis barrier is more permeable than the blood–brain barrier, the use of semen to detect rare parasitic antigens/infections of the CNS in males is hypothesized.
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BioMed Central
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3534006/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23253889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-297 |
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| author | Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah Khan, Naveed Ahmed |
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| description | Given that the blood-testis barrier is more permeable than the blood–brain barrier, the use of semen to detect rare parasitic antigens/infections of the CNS in males is hypothesized. |
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| language | English |
| publishDate | 2012 |
| publisher | BioMed Central |
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| spelling | pubmed-35340062013-01-07 Is semen a useful diagnostic tool for rare infections of the central nervous system? Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah Khan, Naveed Ahmed Parasit Vectors Letter to the Editor Given that the blood-testis barrier is more permeable than the blood–brain barrier, the use of semen to detect rare parasitic antigens/infections of the CNS in males is hypothesized. BioMed Central 2012-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3534006/ /pubmed/23253889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-297 Text en Copyright ©2012 Siddiqui and Khan; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| spellingShingle | Letter to the Editor Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah Khan, Naveed Ahmed Is semen a useful diagnostic tool for rare infections of the central nervous system? |
| title | Is semen a useful diagnostic tool for rare infections of the central nervous system? |
| title_full | Is semen a useful diagnostic tool for rare infections of the central nervous system? |
| title_fullStr | Is semen a useful diagnostic tool for rare infections of the central nervous system? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is semen a useful diagnostic tool for rare infections of the central nervous system? |
| title_short | Is semen a useful diagnostic tool for rare infections of the central nervous system? |
| title_sort | is semen a useful diagnostic tool for rare infections of the central nervous system? |
| topic | Letter to the Editor |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3534006/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23253889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-297 |
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