Central nervous system tuberculoma: A case report

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 719-722

  Berger, Paulo ^a   Larson, James ^a   Guss, David ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Millary tuberculosis; Pediatric central nervous system; Tuberculoma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOMA;

BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARALYSIS; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 0032167515     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(98)00084-5     Document Type: Article

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