Diagnostic utility of polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemical techniques for the laboratory diagnosis of intracranial tuberculoma

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 176-180

  Sumi, M G ^a   Mathai, A ^a   Sheela, R ^a   Radhakrishnan, N S ^a   Radhakrishnan, V V ^a   Indhulekshmy, R ^a   Mundayoor, S ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemical method; Intracranial tuberculoma; Mycobacterial antigen; Mycobacterial deoxyribonucleic acid; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOMA;

EID: 0034940639     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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