Intracranial tuberculoma

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 196-199

  Zein, Tayseer M ^a   Fletcher, Peter S ^a   Mirghani, Zein M ^b  

^a King Faisal Military Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Brain biopsy; Intracranial tuberculoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Papilloedema

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0034139761     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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