Intracranial tuberculoma in Kuwait

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 413-418

  Abdul Ghaffar, N U A M A ^a,c   El Sonbaty, M R ^a   Rahman, N A ^b  

^a ADAN HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c Grey Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Intracranial tuberculosis; Kuwait; Management of intracranial tuberculoma; Seizures and tuberculoma; Tuberculoma of the brain; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KUWAIT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUBERCULOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0031813472     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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