Diagnostic efficacy of stereotactic biopsies in intracranial tuberculomas

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 252-258

  Mohanty, Aaron ^a   Santosh, Vani ^a   Anandh, B ^a   Sastry Kolluri, V R ^a   Vasudev, M K ^a   Hegde, Thimappa ^a   Shankar, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Management; Stereotactic biopsy; Stereotaxy; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PARAFFIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORTALITY; STAINING; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUBERCULOMA;

BIOPSY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0032824828     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(99)00089-0     Document Type: Article

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