Brainstem tuberculomas: Two cases;Tuberculomes du tronc cerebral: Deux cas

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 399-402

  Akhaddar, A ^a,b   Bourazza, A ^a   El Mostarchid, B ^a   Rouimi, A ^a   Boutaleb, N ^a   Ouahabi, H ^a   Mosseddaq, R ^a  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^b NONE   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BRAIN STEM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0034060398     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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