CT of the brain in tuberculous meningitis: A review of 289 patients

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-17

  Özateş, Mustafa ^a   Kemaloglu S ^a   Gurkan F ^a   Ozkan U ^a   Hosoglu S ^a   Simsek M M ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Meningitis, CT; Tuberculosis, central nervous system

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0033629574     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmacta.41.1.13     Document Type: Article

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