Value of CT scan in the diagnosis of meningitis

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 465-468

  Kumar, Rashmi ^a   Kohli, N ^a   Thavnani, H ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Sharma, B ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

CT scan; Meningitis; Pyogenic meningitis; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0030155173     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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