Cerebral tuberculosis presenting as complex febrile convulsions

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 161-163

  Berger, Chr ^a   Braegger, Chr P ^a   Albisetti, Manuela ^a   Landau, Klara ^b   Nadal, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Children; Febrile convulsions; Miliary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030054687     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973768     Document Type: Article

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