Idiopathic steroid responsive chronic lymphocytic meningitis - Clinical features and long term outcome in 17 patients

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 784-789

  Charleston, A J ^b   Anderson, N E ^a   Willoughby, E W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Chronic meningitis; Corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS;

EID: 0032448963     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1998.tb01554.x     Document Type: Article

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