A population-based study of children with cerebral tuberculosis in New South Wales

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 197-200

  Arestis, Nik ^a   Tham, Yeh Jui ^a   McIntyre, Peter B ^a   Isaacs, David ^a   Palasanthiran, Pam ^b   Ferguson, John K ^c   Wilkinson, Ian ^c   Dawson, David ^d   Christensen, Amanda J ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine   (Australia)

^d Queensland Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory   (Australia)

^e New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0033575708     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123597.x     Document Type: Article

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