Paradoxical expansive lesions of cerebral tuberculosis during tuberculostatic drug therapy;Expansão paradoxal de lesões de tuberculose cerebral durante o uso de tuberculostáticos

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 57, Issue 2 B, 1999, Pages 471-475

  De Souza Andrade Filho, Antônio ^a   Gomes, André Guanaes ^a   De Lemos, Antônio Carlos Moreira ^a   Neves, Margarida Costa ^a   De Andrade Souza, Yuri Mascarenhas ^a   Dos Apóstolos Pereira, Samira Luisa ^a   De Queiroz Urbano de Souza, Andréia Peltier ^a   Dos Santos, Patrícia Lago ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Tuberculoma; Tuberculostatic drugs

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0033146547     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1999000300020     Document Type: Article

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