Long-term anticonvulsant therapy in tuberculous meningitis - A four-year follow-up

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 98-103

  Patwari, A K ^a   Aneja, S ^a   Chandra, Deepak ^a   Singhal, P K ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLONIC SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TONIC SEIZURE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0029971748     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.2.98     Document Type: Article

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