Serial lumbar CSF pressure measurements and cranial computed tomographic findings in childhood tuberculous meningitis

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 203-208

  Schoeman, J F ^a   Laubscher, J A ^a,b   Donald, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Compensated (arrested) hydrocephalus; Cranial CT scanning; Intracranial pressure monitoring; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ETHIONAMIDE; FUROSEMIDE; ISONIAZID; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0034028872     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050497     Document Type: Article

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