A diagnostic rule for tuberculous meningitis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-224

  Kumar, Rashmi ^a   Singh, S N ^a   Kohli, Neera ^b  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Pyogenic meningitis; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0032793966     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.81.3.221     Document Type: Article

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