Brain tuberculomas

Annales de Medecine Interne

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 448-455

  Pagnoux, Christian ^a   Généreau, Thierry ^a   Lafitte, François ^b   Congy, François ^a   Chiras, Jacques ^b   Herson, Serge ^a  

^a Service de Médecine Interne

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Central nervous system; Neurotuberculosis; Tuberculoma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROID THERAPY; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0033670054     PISSN: 0003410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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