Intracranial tuberculosis: Report of two unusual cases

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 186-190

  Kokura, Megumi ^a   Sharma, Om P ^b,c   Asamoto, Hitoshi ^a   Iwatsuji, Kenichiro ^a  

^a Division of Pediatrics   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disseminated tuberculosis; Granuloma; Neurotuberculosis; Sarcoidosis; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOMA;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0029785539     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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