Convulsions in tuberculous meningitis

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-97

  Patwari, A K ^a   Aneja, S ^a   Ravi, R N M ^a   Singhal, P K ^a   Arora, S K ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLONIC SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC SEIZURE; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0029935040     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.2.91     Document Type: Article

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