Advances in diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of intracerebral tuberculomas in the last 50 years. Report of 21 cases

Neurochirurgie

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-133

  Artico, M ^a   De Caro, G M F ^a   Carloia, S ^a   Salvati, M ^a   D'Ambrosio, M ^a   Delfini, R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Intracerebral tuberculoma; Neurosurgery; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PENICILLIN G; PYRAZINAMIDE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; TUBERCULOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENCEPHALITIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032774485     PISSN: 00283770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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