Tuberculosis of the central nervous system in children

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 318-331

  Starke, Jeffrey R ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0033403765     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-9091(99)80029-1     Document Type: Article

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