Tuberculous meningitis: A clinical and laboratory study of 20 patients in Qatar

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 300-304

  Alsoub, H ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; RIGIDITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0031870924     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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