Tuberculous meningitis and co-infection with HIV

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 261-266

  Topley, Janet M ^a   Bamber, Sheila ^c   Coovadia, Hoosen M ^a   Corr, Peter D ^b  

^a Department of Paediatrics ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c King George V Hospital Durban   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; THORAX; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0031760124     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747957     Document Type: Article

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